Reference: Chaldaea, Chaldaeans
Hastings
The Heb. Kasdim is generaliy rendered 'Chaldees' (Ge 11:28), and in Jer 50:10; 51:24; 24:5; 25:12, and often, is used for 'Babylonian.' The word is derived from the Babylonian name Kald
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and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Like these good figs so do I acknowledge The removed of Judah -- that I sent from this place, To the land of the Chaldeans -- for good.
And it hath come to pass, at the fulness of seventy years, I charge against the king of Babylon, and against that nation -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- their iniquity, and against the land of the Chaldeans, and have appointed it for desolations age-during.
And Chaldea hath been for a spoil, All her spoilers are satisfied, An affirmation of Jehovah.
And I have recompensed to Babylon, And to all inhabitants of Chaldea, All the evil that they have done in Zion, Before your eyes -- an affirmation of Jehovah.
lads in whom there is no blemish, and of good appearance, and skilful in all wisdom, and possessing knowledge, and teaching thought, and who have ability to stand in the palace of the king, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.