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Ashur

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 Gen. 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, etc. in Assyria, since the name Ashur can refer to either the person or the country.

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.