Nimrod
A descendant of Ham through Cush, described as the first on earth to be a mighty man and 'a mighty hunter before the Lord' — a phrase that became proverbial. The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad and Calneh in the land of Shinar; from there he went into Assyria and built Nineveh and Calah. He stands at the head of the great imperial cities of Mesopotamia, and Micah later calls Assyria 'the land of Nimrod'.
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Where in scripture
Genesis1 ChroniclesMicahCush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Genesis 10:8
He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.
Genesis 10:9 — 'A mighty hunter before the Lord'
Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.
1 Chronicles 1:10
They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border.
Micah 5:6
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
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