Calneh in Biblical History

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What is Calneh?
CAL'NEH
(fortified place?), a city of Chaldaea founded by Nimrod. Gen 10:10; Am 6:2; probably the same as Calno, Isa 10:9, and Canneh, Eze 27:23. Some have proposed to locate Calneh at Ctesiphon, or Kileh-Shenjhat, on the Tigris, 40 miles below Nimroud. Rawlinson and others, however, place ancient Asshur at Kileh-Sherghat, and identify Calneh with Niffer. The ruins at Niffer are 60 miles north-west of Warka, and on the east side of the Euphrates, but 30 miles from the present course of the river. They are conceded to be of very great antiquity, and are divided into nearly equal groups by a deep ravine or channel, 120 feet wide, apparently the dry bed of a river which once ran through the town. Inscriptions found in the mounds indicate that the ancient name of the city was Nijnir, probably the Nojiher of the Talmud, and hence the Calneh of Genesis.

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