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Asshur

Town · today Assur

Location well established About 850 km (530 miles) northeast of Jerusalem

Asshur in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 4 Verses

  • Numbers 24:22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
  • Numbers 24:24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
  • Psalms 83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
  • Ezekiel 27:23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.

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