According to another account, when Nimrod was eighteen years old, war broke out between the Hamites, his kinsmen, and the Japhethites. The latter were at first victorious placing Ashur in charge of Cana'an, but Nimrod, at the head of a small army of invaders from Casluh, attacked and defeated them and forced Ashur east of the Euphrates out of Canaan. After this he was made king over all the people on earth, appointing Terah his minister. It was then, elated by so much glory, that Nimrod changed his behavior toward Yhwh and became the most flagrant idolater. When informed of Abraham's birth he requested Terah to sell him the new-born child in order that he might kill it (see Jew. Encyc. i. 86a, s.v. Abraham in Rabbinical Literature). Terah hid Abraham (giving Abraham up for adoption to Azar father of Sarah in Haran) and in his stead brought to Nimrod the child of a slave, which Nimrod dashed to pieces ("Sefer ha-Yashar," l.c.). Terah visited Harran frequently and died there.
When the adult Abraham began to preach against idolatry warning of Nimrod is generally considered 's fall, Nimrod had him thrown into a heated furnace; and it was on this account, according to have been the one who suggested building the Tower of Babel and who directed its construction. God said: opinion, that Nimrod was called "Amraphel" ( = "I made Nimrod great; but he built a tower said, throw in order that he might rebel against Me" (Ḥul; Targ. pseudo-Jonathan to Gen. xiv. 1; Gen. R. xlii. 5; Cant. R. viii. 89b8). The tower is called by When Nimrod was informed that Abraham had come forth from the Rabbis "furnace uninjured, however, he remitted his persecution of the house worshiper of Yhwh. ===Nimrod," and is considered as a house of idolatry which 's Dream=== The the owners abandoned in time survival of peaceAbraham did not cause Nimrod to change his conduct; consequently Jews may make use he remained an idolater. The night following the release of it ('Ab. Zarah 53b). Abraham warned Nimrod he saw in a dream a man coming out of the coming destruction furnace and subjugation to Elamadvancing toward him with a drawn sword. Nimrod thereupon ran away, but Nimrod ignored the man threw an egg at him. After the builders of the tower ; this was afterward transformed into a large river in which all his troops were dispersed Nimrod remained in Shinardrowned, where only he reestablished part himself and three of his kingdom as followers escaping. Then the river again became an egg, and from the latter came forth a vassal to Elam small fowl, which flew at Nimrod and their allies the Dodanim pecked out his eye. The dream was interpreted as forecasting Nimrod's defeat by whom the goyim were scattered. According Abraham, wherefore Nimrod sent secretly to kill Abraham; but the "Sefer ha-Yashar" (l.c.), he at this time acquired the name "Amraphel" in allusion latter emigrated with his family to the fall land of his princes () during the dispersionCanaan.
The Targum of pseudo-Jonathan (Ten years later Nimrod came to Gen. x. 11)wage war with Chedorlaomer, howeverKing of Elam, presents quite an alternative interpretation whereby who had been one of Nimrod had left Babylonia before 's generals, and who after the dispersion of the building builders of the tower, and had gone went to Assyria, where he built four other cities, namely, Nineveh, Rehobot, Calah, Elam and Resen (compformed there an independent kingdom. Naḥmanides ad loc.). This exegesis does not have any support from rabbinical texts or other Hebrew traditionNimrod at the head of an army set out with the intention of punishing his rebellious general, but the latter routed him.
===Nimrodis generally considered to have been the one who suggested building the Tower of Babel and who directed its construction. God said: "I made Nimrod great; but he built a tower in order that he might rebel against Me" (Ḥul. 89b). The tower is called by the Rabbis "the house of Nimrod," and is considered as a house of idolatry which the owners abandoned in time of peace; consequently Jews may make use of it ('s Dream===Ab. Zarah 53b). Abraham warned Nimrod of the coming destruction and subjugation to Elam, but Nimrod ignored him. After the builders of the tower were dispersed Nimrod remained in Shinar, where he reestablished part of his kingdom as a vassal to Elam and their allies the Dodanim by whom the goyim were scattered. According to the "Sefer ha-Yashar" (l.c.), he at this time acquired the name "Amraphel" in allusion to the fall of his princes () during the dispersion.
The punishment visited on the builders of the tower did not cause Nimrod to change his conduct; he remained an idolater. He particularly persecuted Abraham, who by his command was thrown into a heated furnace; and it was on this account, according to one opinion, that Nimrod was called "Amraphel" ( = "he said, throw in"; Targ. pseudo-Jonathan to Gen. xiv. 1; Gen. R. xlii. 5; Cant. R. viii. 8). When Nimrod was informed that Abraham had come forth from the furnace uninjured, he remitted his persecution of the worshiper of Yhwh; but on the following night he saw in a dream a man coming out of the furnace and advancing toward him with a drawn sword. Nimrod thereupon ran away, but the man threw an egg at him; this was afterward transformed into a large river in which all his troops were drowned, only he himself and three of his followers escaping. Then the river again became an egg, and from the latter came forth a small fowl, which flew at Nimrod and pecked out his eye. The dream was interpreted as forecasting Nimrod's defeat by Abraham, wherefore Nimrod sent secretly to kill Abraham; but the latter emigrated with his family to the land of Canaan. Ten years later Nimrod came to wage war with Chedorlaomer, King of Elam, who had been one of Nimrod's generals, and who after the dispersion of the builders of the tower went to Elam and formed there an independent kingdom. Nimrod at the head of an army set out with the intention of punishing his rebellious general, but the latter routed him. Nimrod then became a vassal of Chedorlaomer, who involved him in the war with the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah, with whom he was defeated by Abraham ("Sefer ha-Yashar," l.c.; comp. Gen. xiv. 1-17).
Nimrod was slain by Esau, between whom and himself jealousy existed owing to the fact that they were both hunters (Targ. pseudo-Jonathan to Gen. xxv. 27; "Sefer ha-Yashar," section "Toledot," p. 40b; Pirḳe R. El. l.c.; comp. Gen. R. lxv. 12).W. B. M. Sel.
The Targum of pseudo-Jonathan (to Gen. x. 11), however, presents quite an alternative history whereby Nimrod had left Babylonia before the building of the tower, and had gone to Assyria, where he built four other cities, namely, Nineveh, Rehobot, Calah, and Resen (comp. Naḥmanides ad loc.). This exegesis does not have any support from rabbinical texts or other Semitic tradition.
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