Asshur in the Bible

Exact Match

And this one hath been peace, Asshur! when he doth come into our land, And when he doth tread in our palaces, We have raised against him seven shepherds, And eight anointed of man.

And they shall waste the land of Asshur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof; and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

That day -- even unto thee it doth come in, From Asshur and the cities of the fortress, And from the fortress even unto the river, And from sea to sea, and mount to mount.

Thematic Bible



The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.

The sons of Shem were Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.

From that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,

Assyria is there and all her company; her graves are round about her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword,


“Assyria will not save us,
We will not ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘Our god,’
To the work of our hands;
For in You the orphan finds mercy.”


References

Hastings

Easton

Morish

Smith