Genesis 10:11
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
In Context
10His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
12and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
Cross References
Numbers 24:22Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”
2 Kings 19:36So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
Psalms 83:8Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
Ezekiel 27:23Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
Jonah 3:1Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
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 →