second son of Shem, (Genesis 10:22) also the Hebrew form for Assyria. [Assyria, Asshur]
Second son of Shem (Gen. 10:22; 1 Chr. 1:17). He went from the land of Shinar and built Nineveh, etc...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
was a great and powerful country lying on the Tigris, (Genesis 2:14) the capital of which was Nineve...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary