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carchemish
/ˈkɑːɹkimɪʃ/
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What does carchemish mean?
proper noun
- (historical) An ancient city on the Euphrates river in Mesopotamia, on the border between modern Turkey and Syria.
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/ˈkɑːɹkimɪʃ/
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I should like to have seen it in that year when Thales was learning astronomy in Memphis, and Necho was organizing his campaign against Carchemish.
For Pharaoh Necho was an Idolator; yet his Words to the good King Josiah, in which he advised him by Messengers, not to oppose him in his march against Carchemish, are said to have proceeded from the mouth of God; and that Josiah not hearkning to them, was slain in the battle; as is to be read 2 Chron.