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Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to become a mighty warrior.

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Cush was the father[a] of Nimrod,(A) who became a mighty warrior on the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:8 Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.

Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death

36 Then the angel of the Lord set out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; when morning dawned, they were all dead bodies.(A)

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36 Then the angel(A) of the Lord went out and put to death(B) a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian(C) camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

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37 Then King Sennacherib of Assyria left, went home, and lived at Nineveh.

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37 So Sennacherib(A) king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh(B) and stayed there.

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11 What became of the lions’ den,
    the cave of the young lions,
where the lion goes,
    and the lion’s cubs, with no one to disturb them?(A)
12 The lion has torn enough for his whelps
    and strangled prey for his lionesses;
he has filled his caves with prey
    and his dens with torn flesh.(B)

13 See, I am against you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will burn your[a] chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall be heard no more.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.13 Heb her

11 Where now is the lions’ den,(A)
    the place where they fed their young,
where the lion and lioness went,
    and the cubs, with nothing to fear?
12 The lion killed(B) enough for his cubs
    and strangled the prey for his mate,
filling his lairs(C) with the kill
    and his dens with the prey.(D)

13 “I am against(E) you,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will burn up your chariots in smoke,(F)
    and the sword(G) will devour your young lions.
    I will leave you no prey on the earth.
The voices of your messengers
    will no longer be heard.”(H)

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13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north
    and destroy Assyria,
and he will make Nineveh a desolation,
    a dry waste like the desert.(A)

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Assyria

13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
    and destroy Assyria,(A)
leaving Nineveh(B) utterly desolate
    and dry as the desert.(C)

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