Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

Went forth asshur

General references

Bible References

Went forth asshur

Micah 5:6
They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,
The land of Nimrod at its entrances;
And He will deliver us from the Assyrian
When he attacks our land
And when he tramples our territory.

Asshur

Numbers 24:22
“Nevertheless Kain will be consumed;
How long will Asshur keep you captive?”
Ezra 4:2
they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God; and we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.”
Psalm 83:8
Assyria also has joined with them;
They have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah.
Ezekiel 27:23
Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you.
Ezekiel 32:22
Assyria is there and all her company; her graves are round about her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword,
Hosea 14:3
“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.”

Nineveh

2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home, and lived at Nineveh.
Isaiah 37:37
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh.
Jonah 1:2
“Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”
Nahum 1:1
The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Nahum 2:8
Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,
Now they are fleeing;
“Stop, stop,”
But no one turns back.
Nahum 3:7
“And it will come about that all who see you
Will shrink from you and say,
‘Nineveh is devastated!
Who will grieve for her?’
Where will I seek comforters for you?”
Zephaniah 2:13
And He will stretch out His hand against the north
And destroy Assyria,
And He will make Nineveh a desolation,
Parched like the wilderness.

General references

1 Chronicles 1:10
Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.