Genesis 10:11
Out of that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
In Context
10The first centers of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shinar.
12and Resen, which was between Nineveh and Calah. It was a large city.
Cross References
Numbers 24:22Nevertheless you Kenites will be consumed by fire 2 when Assyria carries you away captive.”
2 Kings 19:36So Sennacherib king of Assyria left Israel and went home and stayed in Nineveh.
Psalms 83:8Assyria also is allied with them; 1 they are helping the descendants of Lot. Selah 1
Ezekiel 27:23Haran, Kanneh, and Eden were traders with you, along with Sheba, Ashur, and Kilmad.
Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us; 1 we will not ride on horses to war. 1 Neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands, 1 'You are our gods,' 1 for in you the fatherless person finds compassion.” 1
Jonah 3:1The word of Yahweh came 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 →