כַּרְכְּמִישׁ
kar.ke.mishCarchemish
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place3 occurrences3 books3 verses
This is the name of the place Carchemish: Ancient city; site of Babylonian victory over Egypt.
Definition
of foreign derivation; Karkemish, a place in Syria
Traditional renderings: Carchemish.
Traditional renderings: Carchemish.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
3 total
- 2 Chronicles 35:20בְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ · at CarchemishAfter 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.
- Isaiah 10:9כְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ · like Carchemish“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
- Jeremiah 46:2בְּכַרְכְּמִ֑שׁ · at Carchemish…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: