Asshur

Asshur is there and all her company, all the countries that were tributaries to and had dependence upon that crown.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 23

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

Asshur, who was originally the eponymic god of the capital of Assyria (also called Asshur), thus became a national god, and was place at the head of the Assyrian pantheon.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

As, however, we have no direct evidence that either the city or the country was known as Asshur until four centuries later, we must be content to lay it down that the Assyrians had moved to the north certainly as early as B.C. 1440, and that their removal may not improbably have taken place several centuries earlier.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

About B.C. 885, a powerful and warlike monarch, by name Asshur-nazir-pal, mounted the throne of

History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857

"Asshur," used in the Bible sometimes for the personal ancestor, sometimes for the people, sometimes for the land, is Assyria, called

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

Nimrod's second venture in empire building and avoids bringing in a mysterious "Asshur" of whom the Scripture has nothing more to tell.

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

Our rendering of v. 11, then, presupposes that "Asshur" lacks the ending (ah) which usually indicates place to which, but is also frequently omitted.

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

To Balaam's "Asshur" correspond Daniel's two eastern kingdoms, Babylon and Medo-Persia; to

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

"Asshur," or Assyria, is placed first in punishment, as being first in guilt.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871