Genesis 10:11
From that land, went forth Asshur,—and he built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
In Context
12and Resen, between Niveveh and Calah,—the same is the great city.
Cross References
Numbers 24:22Yet shall it be for destruction, O Kain,—How long shall Assyria hold thee captive?
2 Kings 19:36So Sennacherib king of Assyria brake up, and went his way, and returned,—and remained in Nineveh.
Psalms 83:8Even Assyria hath joined herself with them, They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. [Selah.]
Ezekiel 27:23Haran and Canneh and Eden, the merchants of Sheba,—Asshur. Chilmad, Were merchants of thine:
Hosea 14:3Assyria, shall not save us, Upon horses, will we not ride, neither will we say any more—Our god! to the work of our own hands! For, in thee, shall the fatherless, find compassion.
Jonah 3:1Then came the word of Yahweh unto 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 →