Carchemish
A written article for Carchemish is still to come. Below and alongside: where Carchemish appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.
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Carchemish
Original word
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כַּרְכְּמִישׁ carchemishH3751
Where Carchemish appears in Scripture
אַֽחֲרֵי כָל-זֹאת אֲשֶׁר הֵכִין יֹֽאשִׁיָּהוּ אֶת-הַבַּיִת עָלָה נְכוֹ מֶֽלֶךְ-מִצְרַיִם לְהִלָּחֵם בְּכַרְכְּמִישׁ עַל-פְּרָת וַיֵּצֵא לִקְרָאתוֹ יֹֽאשִׁיָּֽהוּ׃
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
הֲלֹא כְּכַרְכְּמִישׁ כַּלְנוֹ אִם-לֹא כְאַרְפַּד חֲמָת אִם-לֹא כְדַמֶּשֶׂק שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃
Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
לְמִצְרַיִם עַל-חֵיל פַּרְעֹה נְכוֹ מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר-הָיָה עַל-נְהַר-פְּרָת בְּכַרְכְּמִשׁ אֲשֶׁר הִכָּה נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל בִּשְׁנַת הָֽרְבִיעִית לִיהוֹיָקִים בֶּן-יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃
Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.