Two other sections of the Quran narrate Abraham's dialogues with Nimrod and his people, specifically around the verses of Sura al-Anbiya 21:68 and Sura al-Ankabut 29:34, where Abraham was thrown in the fire but emerged unharmed through God's mercy. He had four sons: Cush, Put, Canaan, and Egypt. Nimrod asked Terah to bring the newly born baby to the palace to be killed. The Son of man also known as Noah. Semiramis and Nimrod 6. Nimrod built many temples to these gods throughout his lands. [32][33][34], According to Mujahid ibn Jabr, "Four people gained control over the Earth, east and west, two believers and two disbelievers. In the beginning, God created Adam and Eve, and everything was literally perfect. In others, he proclaims himself a god and is worshipped as such by his subjects, sometimes with his consort Semiramis worshipped as a goddess at his side. : ! He said [to himself]: what shall I do? The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar. 27, and is the subject of the pseudo-Jonathan. The much later editors of the Book of Genesis dropped much of the original story and mistakenly misidentified and mistranslated the Mesopotamian Kish with the "Hamitic" Cush, there being no ancient geographical, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, genetic or historical connection between Cush (in modern northern Sudan) and Mesopotamia.[49]. A Mosque in the area of Medina, possibly: This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 23:40. Nowhere is this self-promoting attitude better displayed than in the account of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11. Shortly after Nimrod died, Hislop reports that Semiramis earned the title Queen of Heavenwhen she claimed that Nimrod was a god and that her newborn son was Nimrod, reincarnate. The following version of the confrontation between Abraham and Nimrod appears in the Midrash Rabba, a major compilation of Jewish Scriptural exegesis. He became angry and resentful. I am not a . Nimrod 's Humble Heritage. Devotion to Semiramis has been well documented throughout history. Several ruins of the Middle East have been named after him.[3]. Abraham was the tenth Patriarch after the flood; he was called by God to leave native city of Ur in . Some stories bring them both together in a cataclysmic collision, seen as a symbol of the confrontation between Good and Evil, or as a symbol of monotheism against polytheism. No giants survived the flood. At a young age, Abraham recognizes God and starts worshipping him. Still elsewhere, he mentions another king Nimrod, son of Canaan, as the one who introduced astrology and attempted to kill Abraham. His kingdom included Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh. The Birth of Tammuz & Polytheism 10. Babylon - Babylonian Empire 5. Nimrod's Origin Story "Only seven verses in the Bible mention anything about Nimrod. Psalm 90:10. Please stop spreading misinformation, you'll be held accountable in eternity for this. Nimrod also made himself a king to rule over . The ancient historian Josephus quotes Nimrod as saying that he wanted revenge on God for flooding the earth and destroying his ancestors (Antiquities of the Jews, Book 1, Chapter 4). 6 And Nimrod and his men that were with him did not know, and Nimrod and his men frequently walked about in the field at the cool of the day, and to know where his men were hunting in the field. The other references to Nimrod in the Bible are Micah 5:6, where Assyria is called the land of Nimrod, and I Chronicles 1:10, which reiterates his might. Raamah's sons are Sheba and Dedan (Genesis 10:7 - 8, 1Chronicles 1:9 - 10). Join in and write your own page! Genesis says that the "beginning of his kingdom" (reshit mamlakhto) were the towns of "Babel, Erech, Akkad and Calneh in the land of Shinar" (Mesopotamia) (Gen 10:10)understood variously to imply that he either founded these cities, ruled over them, or both. Nimrod's party then defeated the Japhethites to assume universal rulership. Similarly, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan (date uncertain) mentions a Jewish tradition that Nimrod left Shinar in southern Mesopotamia and fled to Assyria in northern Mesopotamia, because he refused to take part in building the Towerfor which God rewarded him with the four cities in Assyria, to substitute for the ones in Babel. Scientists are remaining stubbornly silent about a race of giants found in burial mounds near lake Delavan Wisconsin U.S.A.in May 1912. Said [Nimrod] to him: You pile words upon words, I bow to none but the firein it shall I throw you, and let the God to whom you bow come and save you from it! The Syriac Cave of Treasures (c. 350) contains an account of Nimrod very similar to that in the Kitab al-Magall, except that Nisibis, Edessa and Harran are said to be built by Nimrod when Reu was 50, and that he began his reign as the first king when Reu was 130. The Bible calls Nimrod the first mighty man. The term appears three times in Genesis 10:8-9 and is translated tyrant. The dig site at Lake Delavan was overseen by Beloit College and it included more then 200 effigy mounds that proved to be classic examples of the 8th century Woodland culture. Some rabbinic commentators have also connected the name Nimrod with a Hebrew word meaning 'rebel'. He ruled based on a competitive economic system. His name in Hebrew means to rebel. The association with Erech (Babylonian Uruk), a city that lost its prime importance around 2,000 BCE as a result of struggles between Isin, Larsa and Elam, also attests the early provenance of the stories of Nimrod. Required fields are marked *. Nimrod first established his kingdom by founding a city on the plain in Shinar that would later be called Babel or Babylon (Genesis 10:10). Nimrod embraced Kainem teachings and Nephilm teachings. How Nimrod died, Scripture is entirely silent. He was a great-grandson of Noah but did not live up to the virtues and standards that God had found in Noah. This account would thus make Nimrod an ancestor of Abraham, and hence of all Hebrews. He is rather the later composite Hebrew equivalent of the Sargonid dynasty: the first, mighty king to rule after the flood. Due to the biblical character, this name was adopted as an English-language vocabulary word meaning "hunter". He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. In their attempt to maintain unity, create a name for themselves, and possibly provide their own securityGods people rebelled against His sovereign authority and embraced their own self-sufficiency. The Nephilim are the offspring of The Fallen Angels and human women. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth (Genesis 11:8-9). [25] Nimrod is also mentioned in one of the earliest writings of the Bb (the herald of the Bah Faith). The festival to remember Nimrod's son killed by a boar is the mark of the beast also known as ash wed. Easter is a celebration of his mother Ishtar. Like Semiramis, many pseudepigraphal and historical writings describe Nimrod as a renowned warrior, leader, and builder. History is full of tales about strong, capable women. Nimrod is sometimes referred to as a tyrant, but he was also a gifted hunter. He was the grandson of Ham, the son of Noah, a bold man, and of great strength of hand. The Tower of Babel - Heaven 8. The two believers were Solomon (Sulayman in Islamic texts) and Dhul Qarnayn, and the two disbelievers were Nebuchadnezzar II and Nimrod. This would leave enough time for Nimrod to have been around with Abram. Nimrod WAS "A MIGHTY HUNTER BEFORE GOD. Nimrod was actually satans offspring and married his own mother. [citation needed], A portent in the stars tells Nimrod and his astrologers of the impending birth of Abraham, who would put an end to idolatry. Nimrod is described in Genesis 10:812 as the first on earth to be a mighty man. Parts of Nimrods biblical history mesh well with the narrative that Semiramis may have been his wife. 1000 years later, sin had so overtaken Gods creation that He decided to purge humanity with a worldwide floodsparing only one man, his family, and the animals. Nephilm that existed post flood are the nephilm that passed through the flood and landed on mount Ararat in Turkey. God even gave Nimrod a mighty bow to hunt them down with. In some versions, Nimrod has his subjects gather wood for four whole years, so as to burn Abraham in the biggest bonfire the world had ever seen. [2]According to K. van der Toorn and P. W. van der Horst, this tradition is first attested in the writings of Pseudo-Philo. Who by the way has multiple names in multiple languages. When Nimrod appears at the head of enormous armies, Abraham produces an army of gnats which destroys Nimrod's army. Nimrud is the name that Carsten Niebuhr (About 1762) attributed to the ancient Assyrian city of Kalhu (the Biblical Calah), located 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosulin the Nineveh plains in Upper Mesopotamia. The Bible is concerned with life and progress, not with death and retrogression. [17], The hunter god or spirit Nyyrikki, figuring in the Finnish Kalevala as a helper of Lemminkinen, is associated with Nimrod by some researchers and linguists.[18]. There were still giants after the flood. Genesis 10:8-9 says "Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man" and "He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. After Nimrod's untimely death, his so-called mother-wife, Semiramis, propagated the evil doctrine of the survival of Nimrod as a spirit being. [citation needed], Still other versions have Nimrod persisting in his rebellion against God, or resuming it. God even gave Nimrod a mighty bow to hunt them down with.In those days the giants were considered as gods. According to the Bible (Genesis 10:8-12; 1 Chronicles 1:10), Nimrod was the son of Cush, son of Ham, son of Noah.He was a king of Assyria (Micah 5:6), a "mighty one on the earth" and a "hunter" (Genesis 10:8, 9).He probably was from the line of giants that existed before the flood (Genesis 6:4). He was also associated with Cush and Amraphel. Perhaps Nimrod's rebellion, occult religion, or occult knowledge changed Nimrod, but we are not told how he became Gibborim. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord.". In character there is a certain resemblance between Nimrod and the Mesopotamian epic hero Gilgamesh. Nimrod was the prototypical rebellious man. Lucas van Valckenborch: The tower of Babel (1568) The Bible develops a very prominent and notorious character named Nimrod. Genesis 10:6 describes the death of Nimrod, the grandson of Ham through Cush, as mighty in the earth. He was a hunter and a protector. So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. As Nimrod began his reign, he and his followers had one overriding goal for their new territory; they wanted to ensure the security of their community by building a prestigious landmark to make a name for themselves. [7] Flavius Josephus believed that it was likely under his direction that the building of Babel and its tower began; in addition to Josephus, this is also the view found in the Talmud (Chullin 89a, Pesahim 94b, Erubin 53a, Avodah Zarah 53b), and later midrash such as Genesis Rabba. In those days the giants were considered as gods. Therefore it is said, "A mighty hunter like Nimrod before the Lord". In addition to being the first man to use violence and aggressive force against other people, Nimrod may have been trying to elevate himself above honourable men like Noah and the almighty God. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. The sarcastic moniker was used towards the foreman (named Hunter) of a gang of workmen as a play both on his surname and on his supposed religious beliefs and sense of self-importance. 7 And Nimrod and two of his men that were with him came to the place where they were, when Esau started suddenly from his lurking place, and drew his sword, and hastened and ran to Nimrod and cut off . Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. The Bible looks forward, not backward. He, along with his entire nation, is also the giant responsible for the building of the Tower of Babelconstruction of which was supposedly started by him 201 years after the biblical event of the Great Flood. No king named Nimrod or with a similar name appears anywhere on any pre-biblical, extra-biblical or historic Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian or Babylonian king list, nor does the name Nimrod appear in any other writings from Mesopotamia itself in any context whatsoever. Both episodes were voiced by Mel Blanc and produced by Edward Selzer.[55]. These sons would eventually bring about the destruction of their world. It doesn't state anywhere in the scriptures where others survived the flood other than Noah and his family. ButEusebiusa well-respected ancient biblical scholar and historianidentifies Semiramis as the wife of Nimrod. When reading the genealogy of Shem in Genesis 10:10-32 we see that at the time that Nimrod was born it was not unheard of, for men to still live to approximately 500 years. This article is about the biblical king. How Did Nimrod Die in the Bible? By birth, Nimrod had no right to be a king or ruler. Some credit her for forming the tradition of the Christmas tree and Easter bunny, others identify her as the original whore of Babylon. And according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Societywebsite, Americas own Statue of Liberty speaks of the legend. In modern North American English, the term "nimrod" is often used to mean a dimwitted or a stupid person, a usage perhaps first recorded in an 1836 letter from Robert E. Lee to a female friend. Nimrod was a conquering warrior and reigning tyrant and is actually believed to be the first person to have worn a crown. According to historical documents shes known as a legendary warrior who exercised political power like no othercommanding territory that stretched from Asia Minor to modern-day Iran. Nimrod was the great-grandson of Noah. (Simon Kzai, personal "court priest" of King Ladislaus the Cuman, in his Gesta Hungarorum, 12821285. of 10. giants couldn't have survived the flood because it says that every living thing was wiped out. He was Shems son Asshur who was killed by his father. Ham's first child, Cush, is the father of NIMROD, the mighty one who was a mighty hunter (to make slaves of men) before the Lord (and became a giant with the help of his wicked father). Later, Masudi lists Nimrod as the first king of Babylon, and states that he dug great canals and reigned 60 years. The Bible states that he was "a mighty hunter before the Lord [and] began to be mighty in the earth". Lamech. Nimrod proclaims to Abraham that we should worship fire. Lee describes a "young nimrod from the West", who in declining an appointment to West Point expressed the concern that "I hope my country will not be endangered by my doing so. Her debut childrens book, What Is A Family? This empire would, in due course, come to represent the satanic government set up and established in Revelation to pursue and utterly destroy all Jews and Christians from the face of the earth. Historians, Orientalists, Assyriologists and mythographers have long tried to find links between the Nimrod of biblical texts and real historically attested figures in Mesopotamia. There it is said that Nimrod "dreamed a dream" which his soothsayers interpreted as signifying the birth of a new star in heaven. Nimrods actions were seen by God. George Syncellus (c. 800) also had access to Berossus, and he too identified the also historically unattested Euechoios with the biblical Nimrod. Others have attempted to conflate Nimrod with Amraphel, a supposed king in Mesopotamia, but yet again, one who is himself historically unattested. Giants did survive the flood in the form of mutating genes. l.c. [42] He also claimed that the Catholic Church was a millennia-old secret conspiracy, founded by Semiramis and Nimrod to propagate the pagan religion of ancient Babylon. Nimrod therefore orders the killing of all newborn babies. Annette has also written curriculum for character growth and development of elementary-age children and has developed parent training seminars to benefit the community. [29] At this point some commentaries add new narratives like Nimrod bringing forth two men, who were sentenced to death previously. Genesis 10:8-10 - And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. Copy and paste it, adding a note of your own, into your blog, a Web page, forums, a blog comment, He hated the Nephilim and he had to hunt the remnants of them. In this version, the weaver is called Sisan, and the fourth son of Noah is called Yonton. Nimrod (/nmrd/;[1] Hebrew: .mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"SBL Hebrew","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey Frank CLM","Frank Ruehl CLM","Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}, Modern:Nmrd, Tiberian:Nmr; Imperial Aramaic: ; Arabic: , romanized:Numrd) is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles. It was a major Assyrian city between approximately 1350 BC and 610 BC. : , ? In the quranic narrative Ibrahim has a discussion with the king, the former argues that Allah (God) is the one who gives life and causes death, whereas the unnamed king replies that he gives life and causes death. The nickname 'Nimrod' was used mockingly in the 1914 novel by Robert Tressell in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Now the multitude were very ready to follow the determination of Nimrod, and to esteem it a piece of cowardice to submit to God; and they built a tower, neither sparing any pains, nor being in any degree negligent about the work: and, by reason of the multitude of hands employed in it, it grew very high, sooner than any one could expect; but the thickness of it was so great, and it was so strongly built, that thereby its great height seemed, upon the view, to be less than it really was. Single minded people show their narrow views through judgment. Our theologians have answers to all your bible questions. Judaic interpreters as early as Philo and Yochanan ben Zakai (1st century AD) interpreted "a mighty hunter before the Lord" (Heb. However, Nimrod is not the only rebellious one. The story of Nimrods death is fascinating. Men Build a Big Tower. Abraham responds that water puts out fire. NO WAY WILL I GLORIFY NIMROD! "[50] Although Lee may have been sarcastically referring to the student as a "tyrant or skillful hunter", the modern usage more closely fits his message. So Nimrod declares they worship water. Because of this, his followers lost faith in him. Would you prefer to share this page with others by linking to it? The giants, nephilim hybrids and clones are all real, and Now, as Per the Most high, so those who say giants didn't survive, go ask The Almighty, because he showed me they exsist, and some are in suspended animation, because the Angels taught technology. Goes right back to Nimrod. His empire was split between his own kings in his conquered lands. However, Nimrod was not able to kill a giant with his mighty bow, so he blamed angels for the bad things that happened to mankind. Some of these females-of-old wielded their power to pave the way for good, while others preferred to live in infamy, via the path of evil. That is why it was called Babelbecause there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. The nickname Nimrod was once used in mockery by Robert Tressell. It wasn't his family it was his daughter-in-laws, that came from their bloodline. Abraham said to him: Shall I then worship the water, which puts off the fire! He was concerned with elevating his own name and relying on his own strength and power. In David Rohl's theory, Enmerkar, the Sumerian founder of Uruk, was the original inspiration for Nimrod, because the story of Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta[45] bears a few similarities to the legend of Nimrod and the Tower of Babel, and because the -KAR in Enmerkar means "hunter". He knew the Nephilim used to be angels, so he thought if he could kill the angels he would probably save mankind. The Bible Patriarchs before the flood from Adam to Noah were 10 and the Patriarchs after the flood from Shem to Abraham were 10, as well. Ham was involved in a sordid family incident. He was responsible for the separation of the people and created confusion by confusing the way they communicated. The Tower of Babel was destroyed by Yahuah, per book of Jubilees, and the author of at this confusion about Nimrod is of course the shining one. Each of them had the potential to spread evil. The part in which this appears, the Genesis Rabbah (Chapter 38, 13), is considered to date from the sixth century. Abraham responds that people withstand wind. Despite his criminal past, God was merciful to these people by allowing them to live and flourish in this strange land. His name has become proverbial as that of a "mighty hunter". Even after Gods flood wiped out the majority of wickedness from the earth, the inherited seed of sin began to corrupt Noahs descendants. The Nephilim were the offspring of the angels. Your email address will not be published. From Adam to Nimrod History 4. For example, many people believe nimrod is the founder of freemasonry. Little is explicitly said about him. [36], According to Ronald Hendel the name Nimrod is probably a much later polemical distortion of the Semitic Assyrian god Ninurta, a prominent god in Mesopotamian religion who had cult centers in a number of Assyrian cities such as Kalhu, and also in Babylon, and was a patron god of a number of Assyrian kings. There is a lot more to say about Nimrod, however, a lot of it hinges on conspiracy. The giants were the Anakim, the sons of Anak (a fallen angel). Nimrod is described in Genesis 10:8-12 as "the first on earth to be a mighty man. George Rawlinson believed Nimrod was Belus, based on the fact Babylonian and Assyrian inscriptions bear the names Bel-Nibru. [41] Hislop attributed to Semiramis and Nimrod the invention of polytheism and, with it, goddess worship, and that their incestuous male offering was Tammuz. Bible Verses About Nimrod Bible verses related to Nimrod from the King James Version (KJV) by Relevance - Sort By Book Order Genesis 10:9 - He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. Noah was the tenth and last of the Pre-Flood Patriarchs and was 600 years old at the time of the flood. According to Hebrew traditions, Nimrod was of Mizraim by his mother, but came from Cush son of Ham and expanded Asshur, which he inherited. Owing to an ambiguity in the original Hebrew text, it is unclear whether it is he or Ashur who additionally built Nineveh, Resen, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah (both interpretations are reflected in various English versions). It's easy to do. The beginning of Nimrod's kingdom was Babel, Erech, and Akkad in the land of Shinar. The first biblical mention of Nimrod is in the Table of Nations. Nimrod WAS "A MIGHTY HUNTER BEFORE GOD. "in the face of Yahweh") as signifying "in opposition to the Lord"; a similar interpretation is found in Pseudo-Philo, as well as later in Symmachus. Because of his power and skill as a successful hunter of wild beasts that attacked people, he became a hero and a leader among his tribesmen (Gen. 10:8-9). Since Akkad was destroyed and lost with the destruction of its Empire in the period 22002154 BCE (long chronology), the stories mentioning Nimrod seem to recall the late Early Bronze Age. He confronts Nimrod and tells him face-to-face to cease his idolatry, whereupon Nimrod orders him burned at the stake. After the scattering, the Bible tells us that Nimrod continued to rule, reign, and build kingdoms for himself. by what we read in the Bible of the cutting of the dead body of the Levites concubine in pieces (Judges 19:29), and sending one of the parts to each of the twelve tribes of Israel; and the similar step taken by Saul, when he . [39], Alexander Hislop, in his tract The Two Babylons (1853), identified Nimrod with Ninus (also unattested anywhere in Mesopotamian king lists), who according to Greek mythology was a Mesopotamian king and husband of Queen Semiramis,[40] with a whole host of deities throughout the Mediterranean world, and with the Persian Zoroaster. He was the founder of Babylon. [30] Then Abraham says, "Indeed, God brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up from the west. Beginning with the words: "When King Nimrod went out to the fields/ Looked at the heavens and at the stars/He saw a holy light in the Jewish quarter/A sign that Abraham, our father, was about to be born", the song gives a poetic account of the persecutions perpetrated by the cruel Nimrod and the miraculous birth and deeds of the savior Abraham. Yet when the fire is lit, Abraham walks out unscathed. One of the earliest rabbinic versions of this story is preserved in Genesis Rabbah 38:11 (ed. This city of Babylon with a tower "whose top may reach unto heaven" was built by Nimrod (Genesis 10:8-10; 11:4). His "kingdom" comprised Babel (Babylon), Erech (Uruk), Accad (Akkad), and Calneh, in the land of Shinar, otherwise known as the land of Nimrod . May their lives and walks with God strengthen your faith and encourage your soul. The bible clearly states that there were giants in the land before the flood and after as well. Its known as the Titanochamy in Greek myth. Another Muslim historian of the 13th century, Abu al-Fida, relates the same story, adding that the patriarch Eber (an ancestor of Abraham) was allowed to keep the original tongue, Hebrew in this case, because he would not partake in the building. The next time He will use fire to destroy the earth, instead of water. Ham himself became the father of the Canaanites, the Babylonians, the Phoenicians, the Cushites, and the Egyptians ( Genesis 10:6-20 ). King Ninus or Nimrod. of tongues at Babel, the Bible is more concerned with how Abraham lived than how Nimrod died. I have been studying things like this for years but I was from the time of magazine article books and papers to get information on the topic. 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But you've all got it so twisted. He lost his ability to communicate with his outposts, trade partners, and clans in the empire. The 10th-century Muslim historian Masudi recounts a legend making the Nimrod who built the tower to be the son of Mash, the son of Aram, son of Shem, adding that he reigned 500 years over the Nabateans. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. Other versions have Nimrod give to Abraham, as a conciliatory gift, the giant slave Eliezer, whom some accounts describe as Nimrod's own son (the Bible also mentions Eliezer as Abraham's majordomo, though not making any connection between him and Nimrod). As Adam and Eve began to be fruitful and multiply following Gods command (Genesis 1:28), sin continued to abound. Over the years, Nimrod has done horrible things, including killing many X-Men heroes. He was a bad man who hunted and killed both animals and men. However, this traditional identification of the cities built by Nimrod in Genesis is no longer accepted by modern scholars, who consider them to be located in Sumer, not Syria. Kush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth and a mighty hunter before the Lord. Then they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth(Genesis 11:4). Reread your own books they all say judge not or what was that last part? They were both power-hungry, godless, and rebelliouswhich would have made them a collective force for evil. It further adds that Nimrod "saw in the sky a piece of black cloth and a crown". These people by allowing them to live and flourish in this strange land show narrow. Linking to it first person to have worn a crown '' leave enough time for Nimrod have... 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