Asshur

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | 249 words | Copyright

Asshur The capital city of Assyria until 900 BCE, when it became one only of several important cities in the greatly enlarged empire. The name was also used for the patron-god of the city and in the OT stands for the nation itself (Hos. 14: 3, AV).

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