Genesis 10:11

From there he went with others to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

In Context

10Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.

12and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.

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Cross References

Numbers 24:22but you will be wiped out when the army of Assyria conquers you.”

2 Kings 19:36Then King Sennacherib left and went home to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.

Psalms 83:8The people of Assyria have joined them; they are strong allies of the Moab and Ammon people-groups, who are descendants of Abraham’s nephew Lot. (Think about that!)

Ezekiel 27:23Men came from Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur and Kilmad in Mesopotamia with their goods.

Hosea 14:3We admit that Assyria will not save us, and our war horses will not save us, either. We will never again say, ‘You are our gods’ to the idols that we [SYN] have made. You are the one who acts mercifully to orphans.”

Jonah 3:1Then Yahweh said to Jonah again,

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 →

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