Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 10:10
Genesis 10:10. The beginning of his kingdom was Babel Some way or other, he got into power; and so laid the foundation of a monarchy which was afterward a head of gold. It does not appear that he had any right to rule by birth; but either his fitness for government recommended him, or by power and policy he gradually advanced himself to a throne. See the antiquity of civil government, and particularly of that form of it which lodges the sovereignty in a single person. read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 10:9
Genesis 10:9. Nimrod was a mighty hunter In the Septuagint it is, He was a giant hunter: the Arabic has it, He was a terrible giant before the Lord: and the Syriac, He was a great warrior. It is probable he began with hunting, and for this became famous to a proverb. He served his country by ridding it of wild beasts, and so insinuating himself into the affections of his neighbours, he got to be their prince. And perhaps, under pretence of hunting, he gathered men under his command, to... read more