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'''Ashur''' ({{lang-he|אַשּׁוּר}}; often also transliterated as <b>Asshur</b> to reflect the pointing of Hebrew letter 'ש' ([[Shin (letter)|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 son of Shem|Lud]].
The [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] text of Gen. 10:11 is somewhat ambiguous as to whether it was Ashur himself (eg. as reads the [[King James Version of the Bible|KJV]]), or [[Nimrod (king)|Nimrod]] who built the cities of [[Nineveh]], etc. in [[Assyria]], since the name ''Ashur'' can refer to either the person or the country.
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'''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 (Biblical figure)|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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