Carchemish

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(fortress of Chemosh). A city on the Euphrates (Isa. 10:5-9⁵O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. ⁶I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. ⁷Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. ⁸For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? ⁹Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? (Isaiah 10:5‑9); 2 Chron. 35:20-23²⁰After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. ²¹But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. ²²Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. ²³And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. (2 Chronicles 35:20‑23); Jer. 46:2²Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. (Jeremiah 46:2)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

City on the river Euphrates, about 36° 50' N, 38° 5' E. The Assyrian monuments show that about 1,000 years B.C. it belonged to the Hittites. Apparently it was taken by the Assyrians (Isa. 10:5,9⁵O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. (Isaiah 10:5)
⁹Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? (Isaiah 10:9)); afterward conquered by Necho king of Egypt, after the battle of Megiddo, in which Josiah was killed (2 Chron. 35:20²⁰After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. (2 Chronicles 35:20)), where it is CHARCHEMISH. Three years later it was taken by Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 46:2²Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. (Jeremiah 46:2)). Carchemish has often been associated with the classical Circesium, and placed on maps some 200 miles S. E. of the above, which is judged to be an error.

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Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

3751 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Karkmiysh

Phonic:

kar-kem-eesh’

Meaning:

of foreign derivation; Karkemish, a place in Syria

KJV Usage:

Carchemish

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

the head (or lamb) as if departed

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

The defense of concealment:―fortified city on the E. side of the Euphrates [CARCHEMISH], 2 Chron. 35:20. {Munimentum recessus}