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Calneh, or Calno

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

(Gen 10:10; Amos 6:2) - a city of Shinar, or Mesopotamia, built by Nimrod and identified with Calno in Isaiah 10:9. It stood on the eastern bank of the Tigris and once had considerable commercial importance. The source says its ruins were called Torpakh-Kala by Turks and Qal'at al-Shirqat by Arabs, twenty-two hours south of Mosul and ten hours from the mouth of the Little Zab.

Scripture cited

Genesis 10:10Amos 6:2Esaias 10:9

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