Genesis 10:11
Asshur left that land and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
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In The King James Version
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
In Context
10The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
12and Resen between Nineveh and Calah – which is the great city.
Cross References
Psalms 83:8Syria, too, is confederate, they have strengthened the children of Lot. Selah
Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor Egyptian warhorses, and we will no more call the work of our hands our gods. For in you orphan Israel finds mercy.
Jonah 3:1This message from the Lord came to Jonah the 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 →