1 Chronicles 1:10 BSB

1 Chronicles 1:10

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

BSB

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ASV

And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

KJV

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְכ֖וּשׁ	ve.Khush	and Cush	H3568 →
יָלַ֣ד	ya.Lad	he fathered	H3205 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
נִמְר֑וֹד	nim.Rod	Nimrod	H5248 →
ה֣וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
הֵחֵ֔ל	he.Chel	he began	H2490 →
לִהְי֥וֹת	lih.Yot	to be	H1961 →
גִּבּ֖וֹר	gi.Bor	a mighty [man]	H1368 →
בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ ס	ba.'A.retz	on the earth	H776 →

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Micah 5:6
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…
leads to
- Genesis 10:8–11
  Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
- Luke 1:74
  deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
- Isaiah 14:25
  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.”
- Zephaniah 2:13
  And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
- 2 Kings 15:29
  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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