Nimrod (king)

Nimrod (/ˈnɪm.rɒd/;Hebrew: נִמְרוֹדֿ, Modern Nimrod, Tiberian Nimrōḏ Aramaic: ܢܡܪܘܕ‎‎ Arabic: النمرود, an-Namrood‎‎), a biblical figure described as a king of Shinar (Assyria/Mesopotamia), was, according to the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, the son of Cush, the great-grandson of Noah. The Bible states that he was "a mighty hunter before the Lord [and] .... began to be mighty in the earth". Extra-biblical traditions associating him with the Tower of Babel led to his reputation as a king who was rebellious against God.

Attempts to match Nimrod with historically attested figures have failed. No such king named Nimrod appears anywhere in the Assyrian king list, nor of those of Sumer, Akkad or Babylonia, nor in any cuneiform literature of Mesopotamia; he does not seem to represent any one personage known to history, and in reality is more likely a conflation of several real and/or fictional figures of Mesopotamian antiquity. These include Tukulti-Ninurta I (1243–1207 BC) of the Middle Assyrian Empire, the Assyrian god Ninurta and Naram-Sin of Akkad (2254–2218 BCE).

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