Person

Nimrod

Also: Ninus (CFAH identification)

Son of Cush; "a mighty hunter before the LORD"; "the beginning of his kingdom was Babel" (Gen 10:8–10).

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No tier 1-4 dates Nimrod's birth; unsorted (null).

Description

Father Cush (not yet a record). CFAH-2 ("The Founding of the Nations", introduction and Duration 6) identifies Nimrod with Ninus, founder of Assyria after the Dispersion, and later papers equate him with Enmerkar of Uruk and Atothis I of Egypt (CFAH-5/6). Josephus, Antiquities I.4.2 makes Nimrod the instigator of the tower.

Scripture

Family

Father: Cush

Birth

birth of Nimrod, CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference. CFAH-2 ("The Founding of the Nations") identifies Nimrod with "Ninus" and dates his rule over Assyria from the Dispersion (2192/2191 BC) but gives no birth year
Ussher-Jones	Not yet established	—	— Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002, Chronological Compendium p. 1). Leave empty until verified.
Ussher	Not yet established	—	— No birth year given by Ussher (Second Age §49 names Nimrod as builder of Babylon under 1771 AM, 2234 BC).
Jordan secondary	"If Nimrod was born around 1759, as I have suggested" Precision: conjectural	AM 1759	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §7 "The Date of the Tower of Babel" (opens in a new tab) Pentateuch Part 3 (BC 6:5) §8 "The Table of Nations" lists Nimrod twice with question marks: "1698 - ... Nimrod ben Cush (?)" and "1759 - Joktan ben Eber Nimrod ben ... Cush (?)" (Nimrod as son vs. later descendant of Cush).

Death

death of Nimrod, CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH anchor point	2068 BC Precision: year	2068 BC	Griffith & White, "Chronological Framework of Ancient History. 5: The Babylonian Dynasties of Berossus," ARJ 16 (2023): 635–670, section "AP-48: Death of Ninus/Nimrod: 2068 B.C." (opens in a new tab) CFAH identifies Nimrod with Ninus and with Atothis of Egyptian Dynasty 1 (2188 − 62 − 57 = 2069/2068 BC).
Ussher-Jones	Not yet established	—	— Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002, Chronological Compendium p. 1). Leave empty until verified.
Jordan secondary	Not yet established	—	— Not stated in the Jordan sources read (Biblical Horizons "Biblical Chronology" category, all 9 pages; garynorth.com archive of Biblical Chronology 1989-1996). Left empty, not inferred.

Events

CFAH charts

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CFAH-5 · Fig. 9

Durations to the death of Ninus, aka Nimrod.

AP-48: Death of Ninus/Nimrod: 2068 B.C.

Image credit (per the paper): Narmer Palettte, verso. Heagy1, “Verso of the Narmer Palette,” https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narmer_Palette_verso.jpg. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Free sources

The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Gen.10.8-Gen.10.12 ; 1Chr.1.10 public-domain
Chronological Framework of Ancient History. 2: Founding of the Nations, (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
The Annals of the World, Deduced from the Origin of Time (1658 English edition), Part One: 4004–176 BC (opens in a new tab) public-domain
The Antiquities of the Jews (opens in a new tab) public-domain
The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2) (Biblical Chronology 6:4, April 1994) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 3) (Biblical Chronology 6:5, May 1994) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
Chronological Framework of Ancient History. 5: The Babylonian Dynasties of Berossus, (opens in a new tab) free-to-read

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