From Nave’s Topical Bible
Nimrod
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 3Passages listed
- 2Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Son of Cush
- A mighty hunter before the LordGenesis 10:8Genesis 10:91 Chronicles 1:10
- Founder of Babylon
- See Babylon
The passages, in Bible order (3)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 3 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 10:8
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Commentary on Genesis 10:82 voices
Nimrod--mentioned as eclipsing all his family in renown. He early distinguished himself by his daring and successful prowess in hunting wild beasts. By those useful services he earned a title to public gratitude; and, having established a permanent ascendancy over the people, he founded the first kingdom in the world [Ge 10:10].
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
(Verse 8) And Cush begot Nimrod. He began to be powerful in the land... Nimrod, the son of Chus, first seized an unprecedented tyranny among the people.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
- Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
Commentary on Genesis 10:92 voices
From him came the proverb: Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord. It turned into a proverb because his deeds were unprecedented in his time; and the phrase before the Lord was added to magnify the crime, since it was evidently quite reckless and …
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735Patristic
Note, Great conquerors are but great hunters. Alexander and Cesar would not make such a figure in scripture-history as they do in common history; the former is represented in prophecy but as a he-goat pushing, Dan. viii. Nimrod was a mighty hunter against the Lord, so the LXX; that is, (1.) He set up idolatry, as Jeroboam did, for the confirming of his usurped dominion.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- 1 Chronicles 1:10
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:102 voices
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
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