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Calneh

Hebrew: כַלְנֵה —meaning: fort

also known as: Calno and

also known as: Calno and

Calneh is one of the cities founded by Nimrod.

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. —Genesis 10:10

It is the modern Nippur (Niffer), Iraq, a lofty mound of earth and rubbish situated in the marshes on the left, i.e., the east, bank of the Euphrates, but 30 miles distant from its present course, and about 60 miles south-southeast from Babylon.

It is mentioned as one of the towns with which Tyre carried on trade.

It was finally taken and probably destroyed by one of the Assyrian kings (Amos 6:2).

It is also called Calno and Canneh.

Is not Calno like Carchemish,
Or Hamath like Arpad,
Or Samaria like Damascus? —Isaiah 10:9

The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices and with all kinds of precious stones and gold. Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. —Ezekiel 27:22, 23

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