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==First Biblical Mention==
==First Biblical Mention==
[[Image:Nineveh.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Archaeologist Henry Layard's image of Nineveh]]
The first Biblical mention of Nineveh is in Genesis 10:11, where it is stated that Asshur went out into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and Resen (between Nineveh and Calah), with the addition, “the same is the great city.” Everything indicates that these statements are correct, for Nineveh was certainly at one time under Babylonian rule, and was at first not governed by Assyrian kings, but by ''iššakē'' or viceroys of Aṣhšur, the old capital. To all appearance Nineveh took its name from the Babylonian ''Nina'' near Lagas in South Babylonia on the [[Euphrates River]], from which early foundation it was probably colonized. The native name appears as ''Ninua'' or ''Ninâ'' (Ninaa), written with the character for “water enclosure” with that for “fish” inside, implying a connection between ''Ninâ'' and the Semitic ''nūn'', “fish.”
The first Biblical mention of Nineveh is in Genesis 10:11, where it is stated that Asshur went out into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and Resen (between Nineveh and Calah), with the addition, “the same is the great city.” Everything indicates that these statements are correct, for Nineveh was certainly at one time under Babylonian rule, and was at first not governed by Assyrian kings, but by ''iššakē'' or viceroys of Aṣhšur, the old capital. To all appearance Nineveh took its name from the Babylonian ''Nina'' near Lagas in South Babylonia on the [[Euphrates River]], from which early foundation it was probably colonized. The native name appears as ''Ninua'' or ''Ninâ'' (Ninaa), written with the character for “water enclosure” with that for “fish” inside, implying a connection between ''Ninâ'' and the Semitic ''nūn'', “fish.”