Genesis 10:11
Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
World English Bible British
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, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
12and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
Cross References
Numbers 24:22Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries you away captive.”
2 Kings 19:36So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went home, and lived at Nineveh.
Psalms 83:8Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
Ezekiel 27:23“‘“Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were your traders.
Hosea 14:3Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”
Jonah 3:1The LORD’s word came to Jonah the 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 →