Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
Parallel translations
- WEB Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
- BSB From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
- NKJV From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
- NASB From that land he went to Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
- NLT From there he expanded his territory to Assyria, building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,
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From Shinar the kingdom expanded into Assyria, where Nineveh and other cities were built. Human power spreads and multiplies its centers.
Overview
The narrative traces the extension of empire into Assyria, naming cities that loom large in later biblical history, especially Nineveh. The growth of these great cities reflects humanity's drive to build and dominate. These same cities later become objects of both God's judgment and His mercy, as seen in the message to Nineveh that points toward Christ.
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- Mic 5:6And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
- Jonah 1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
- Ps 83:8Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
- Nah 1:1The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
- Ezra 4:2Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
- Zeph 2:13And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
- Nah 3:7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
- Jonah 3:1–10And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
- Num 24:22Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
- Ezek 27:23Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
- Nah 2:8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
- Ezek 32:22Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
- Isa 37:37So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
- 2 Kgs 19:36So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
- Hos 14:3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
- Num 24:24And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
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