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Ashur (Hebrew: אַשּׁוּר‎; often also transliterated as Asshur to reflect the pointing of Hebrew letter 'ש' (Shin) in the Masoretic text, which doubles the 'ש'), was the second son of Shem, the son of Noah. Ashur's brothers were Elam, Aram, Arpachshad and Lud.

The Hebrew text of Genesis 10:11 is somewhat ambiguous as to whether it was Ashur himself (eg. as reads the KJV), or Nimrod who built the cities of Nineveh, Resen, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah in Assyria, since the name Ashur can refer to either the person or the country.

v • d • e Descendants of Noah in Genesis 10

Shem and Semitic	Elam · Ashur · Aram · Arpachshad · Lud

Ham and Hamitic	Cush · Mizraim · Phut · Canaan

Japheth and Japhetic	Gomer · Magog · Madai · Javan · Tubal · Meshech · Tiras

Ashur father of Tekoa (not the same person as above) also appears in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles 2:24 as a descendant of Judah; he is the son of Hezron and Abaiah, and had two wives, Helah and Naarah, who each bore him a number of children.

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