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Nimrod (painting)
Nimrod by David Scott, 1832

Nimrod (Hebrew: נִמְרוֹד) according to the Bible was the son of Cush, grandson of Ham and a "mighty hunter before the Lord" who built cities at Akkad, Erech (Uruk), and Babel. According to many legends, and as told by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, he became an evil tyrant who forced all his subjects to bake bricks for the Tower of Babel.

Images for kids

  • Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Tower of Babel (Vienna) - Google Art Project - edited

    Pieter Bruegel's The Tower of Babel depicts a traditional Nimrod inspecting stonemasons.

  • Danziger, Itzhak, Nimrod, 1939

    Nimrod by Yitzhak Danziger

  • Abraham ready to sacrifice his son, Ishmael (top); Abraham cast into fire by Nimrod (bottom)

    Abraham sacrificing his son, Ishmael. Abraham cast into fire by Nimrod. From Zubdat-al Tawarikh, a 1583 Ottoman Turkish manuscript.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Nemrod para niños

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