Asshur @ second son of Shem Genesis:10:22; 1Chronicles:1:17). He went from the land of Shinar and built Nineveh, etc. Genesis:10:11-12). He probably gave his name to Assyria, which is the usual translation of the word, although the form Asshur is sometimes retained Numbers:24:22-24; Ezekiel:27:23, etc.). In Genesis:2:14 "Assyria" ought to be "Asshur," which was the original capital of Assyria, a city represented by the mounds of Kalah Sherghat, on the west bank of the Tigris. This city was founded by Bel-kap-kapu about B.C. 1700. At a later date the capital was shifted to Ninua, or Nineveh, now Koyunjik, on the eastern bank of the river. (See CALAH NINEVEH.)
