כַּרְכְּמִישׁ

kar.ke.mish

Hebrew H3751 Place name 3 occurrences in 3 verses
כַּרְכְּמִישׁ Carchemish

§ Carchemish = "fortress of Chemosh"

a Hittite capital northeast of Israel on the Euphrates river captured by Pharaoh Necho and then from him by Nebuchadnezzar

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Concordance 3 verses

  1. 2 Chronicles 35:20 בְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ

    After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him.

  2. Isaiah 10:9 כְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ

    “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

  3. Jeremiah 46:2 בְּכַרְכְּמִ֑שׁ

    concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:

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