Re'sen. (bridle). Genesis 10:12. One of the cities, built by Asshur, "between Nineveh and Calah." Assyrian remains, of some considerable extent, are found near the modern village of Selamiyeh, and it is, perhaps, the most probable conjecture that these represent Resen.
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