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Calneh

Town

Location disputed Tell Tayinat: about 510 km (320 miles) north of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Tell Tayinat Possible
  • Kullan Köy Possible
  • Chatal Huyuk Less likely

Calneh in the Bible Dictionary · Another Calneh (town · Genesis 10:10)

Named in 2 Verses

  • Isaiah 10:9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
  • Amos 6:2 Pass 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?

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