Thematic Bible: Antiquity and origin of

Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD." The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. read more.
From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and