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 the cause of Ashur leaving Babel before the building of the tower, and had gone to establish 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 may relate to the two Nimrodd of Arabic tradition.
