Calneh in the Bible

Meaning: our consummation

Exact Match

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Verse ConceptsBabylonThe Kingdom Of Others

Is not Calneh like Carchemish? Hamath like Arpad? Samaria like Damascus?

Go unto Calneh, and see: and from thence get you to Hamath the great city, and so go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better at ease than these kingdoms, or the border of their land wider than yours?

Verse ConceptsAdvantages

Thematic Bible



The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar [in Babylonia].

Haran and Canneh and Eden [in Mesopotamia], the merchants of Sheba [on the Euphrates], Asshur and Chilmad traded with you.


“Is not Calno [conquered] like Carchemish [on the Euphrates]?
Is not Hamath [subdued] like Arpad [her neighbor]?
Is not Samaria [in Israel] like Damascus [in Aram]?


Go over to Calneh [in Babylonia] and look,
And from there go [north of Damascus] to the great city of Hamath;
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are they better than these kingdoms [of yours],
Or is their territory greater than yours?


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Easton

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