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Calneh, Calno

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: C By: James P. Boyd

(fortress). A city of Nimrod (Gen. 10:10¹⁰And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (Genesis 10:10); Amos 6:2²Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? (Amos 6:2); Isa. 10:9⁹Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? (Isaiah 10:9)). Canneh (Ezek. 27:23²³Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. (Ezekiel 27:23)).

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