Bible Topics for Kids
ASSHUR, Son of Shem, and ancestor of the Assyrians
Genesis 10:11-22
11. Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
12. and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
13. Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
14. Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.
15. Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,
16. the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
17. the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
18. the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
19. The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon-as you go toward Gerar-to Gaza-as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim-to Lasha.
20. These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.
21. Children were also born to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth.
22. The sons of Shem were: Elam, ASSHUR, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
1 Chronicles 1:17
The sons of Shem: Elam, ASSHUR, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
Ezekiel 32:22
"ASSHUR is there with all her company. Her graves are all around her. All of them slain, fallen by the sword;