And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the land.
And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.
1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?
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He began to be mighty upon the earth - He began to be bold in sin, a murderer of the innocent, and a rebel before the Lord. - T.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Micah 5:6And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our…
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Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…
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Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.
