Bible Verses About Assyria: Antiquity and origin of

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,