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Carchemish

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Carchemish, or Charchemish (kär-ke'mĭsh), citadel of Chemosh. A chief city of northern Syria, on the Euphrates, where a great and decisive battle was fought, in which Nebuchadnezzar defeated Pharaoh-necho. 2 Chronicles 35:20; 2 Kings 23:29; Jeremiah 46:2, in b.c. 605.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Carchemish'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​c/carchemish.html. 1893.
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