Man living at the time of the Patriarchs
Asshur
Shem’s second son (Genesis 10:22) and the ancestor of the Assyrians. The nation took his name, and its great cities, Nineveh and Calah, were built in Assyria (Genesis 10:11). Assyria later destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel (2 Kings 17:5–6).
Family
- Father
- Shem