Nimrod (son of Cush)

The first mighty ruler

Los patriarcasKingWarriorLeaderc. 2200 BC

Nimrod was the son of Cush and grandson of Ham. He was the first to become a mighty ruler on earth and was known as a mighty hunter before the Lord. He founded several great cities in Shinar and Assyria, including Babel and Nineveh.

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The first mighty ruler

Nimrod was the first on earth to become a mighty man and began to be a powerful ruler.

8Cush fathered Nimrod, who was the first to become a mighty man on the earth.
וְכ֖וּשׁ יָלַ֣ד אֶת־נִמְרֹ֑ד ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל לֽ͏ִהְי֥וֹת גִּבֹּ֖ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ ‬

A mighty hunter before the Lord

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord, which became a saying: 'Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.'

9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."
הֽוּא־הָיָ֥ה גִבֹּֽר־צַ֖יִד לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה עַל־כֵּן֙ יֵֽאָמַ֔ר כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד גִּבּ֥וֹר צַ֖יִד לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ ‬

Founding of Babel

Nimrod established his kingdom with Babel as its capital, along with Erech, Akkad and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

10The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
וַתְּהִ֨י רֵאשִׁ֤ית מַמְלַכְתּוֹ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל וְאֶ֖רֶךְ וְאַכַּ֣ד וְכַלְנֵ֑ה בְּאֶ֖רֶץ שִׁנְעָֽר׃ ‬

Expansion to Assyria

From Shinar he went out to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah and Resen, great cities in the Assyrian empire.

11From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
מִן־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַהִ֖וא יָצָ֣א אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ אֶת־נִ֣ינְוֵ֔ה וְאֶת־רְחֹבֹ֥ת עִ֖יר וְאֶת־כָּֽלַח׃ ‬
12and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah — that is the great city.
וְֽאֶת־רֶ֔סֶן בֵּ֥ין נִֽינְוֵ֖ה וּבֵ֣ין כָּ֑לַח הִ֖וא הָעִ֥יר הַגְּדֹלָֽה׃ ‬

The land of Nimrod mentioned by the prophet Micah

The prophet Micah refers to Assyria as 'the land of Nimrod' in his prophecy about the Messiah and Israel's future.

5They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod at its gates. He will deliver us from Assyria when it invades our land and tramples our borders.
וְרָע֞וּ אֶת־אֶ֤רֶץ אַשּׁוּר֙ בַּחֶ֔רֶב וְאֶת־אֶ֥רֶץ נִמְרֹ֖ד בִּפְתָחֶ֑יהָ וְהִצִּיל֙ מֵֽאַשּׁ֔וּר כִּֽי־יָב֣וֹא בְאַרְצֵ֔נוּ וְכִ֥י יִדְרֹ֖ךְ בִּגְבוּלֵֽנוּ׃ ס ‬

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