Genesis 10:11
from that land he has gone out to Asshur, and builds Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
In Context
10And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;
12and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it [is] the great city.
Cross References
Numbers 24:22But the Kenite is for a burning; Until when does Asshur keep you captive?”
2 Kings 19:36And Sennacherib king of Asshur journeys, and goes, and turns back, and dwells in Nineveh;
Psalms 83:8Asshur is also joined with them, || They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah.
Ezekiel 27:23Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, merchants of Sheba, Asshur—Chilmad—[are] your merchants,
Hosea 14:3Asshur does not save us, we do not ride on a horse, || Nor do we say anymore, Our god, to the work of our hands, || For in You the fatherless find mercy.
Jonah 3:1And there is a word of YHWH to Jonah a second time, saying,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 10:7-15
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said; Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord . 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and… Read the whole commentary →