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Assur

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(Ezra 4:2²Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. (Ezra 4:2); Psa. 83:8⁸Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. (Psalm 83:8)). [ASSHUR; ASSYRIA.]

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Another form of Asshur or Assyria (Ezra 4:2²Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. (Ezra 4:2); Psalm 83:8⁸Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. (Psalm 83:8)).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

same as Asshur