Asshur (Ashur) [7948] ²⁴

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Bible#cite_note-7


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Noah


Ashur , son of Shem. The Assyrians traced themselves to the god-ancestor Ashur and the city he founded by that name on the Tigris
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Ashur (Hebrew : often also transliterated as Asshur to reflect the pointing of Hebrew letter '' (Shin ) in the Masoretic text , which doubles the ' '), was the second son of Shem , the son of Noah. Ashur's brothers were Elam , Aram , Arpachshad and Lud .
The Hebrew text of Genesis 10:11 is somewhat ambiguous as to whether it was Ashur himself (eg. as reads the KJV ), or Nimrod (as in some other English translations) who built the cities of Nineveh , Resen , Rehoboth-Ir and Calah in Assyria , since the name Ashur can refer to either the person or the country.(Genesis 10:8\endash 10 )
The 1st century Judaeo-Roman historian Flavius Josephus further gives the following statement: "Ashur lived at the city of Nineve; and named his subjects Assyrians, who became the most fortunate nation, beyond others" (Antiquities, i, vi, 4).