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Is notהֲלֹאCalnoכַּלְנוֹlike Carchemish?כְּכַרְכְּמִישׁIs notאִם לֹאHamathחֲמָתlike Arpad?כְאַרְפַּדIs notאִם לֹאSamariaשֹׁמְרוֹןlike Damascus?כְדַמֶּשֶׂק
Isaiah 10:9
Study it in the app“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 10:9, word by word
- Calnoכַּלְנוֹkalno
Calneh
Calneh, a city in Mesopotamia or Syria; which one is not certain.
Where else “kalno” appears- like Carchemishכַרְכְּמִישׁcharkmish
Carchemish
Carchemish: an important city on the Euphrates River, in northern Syria, where a great battle was fought between Egypt and Babylon.
Where else “charkmish” appears- Hamathחֲמָתchamat
Hamath
Hamath, a city and region of Syria, north of the promised land. "The entrance of Hamath" marks the northern border.
Where else “chamat” appears- like Arpadאַרְפַּדarpad
Arpad
Arpad. A city of Syria conquered by Assyria; the king of Assyria names it, with Hamath, among the cities whose gods could not deliver them (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13; Isaiah 10:9).
Where else “arpad” appears- Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- like Damascusדַמֶּשֶׂקdamesek
Damascus
See it on the mapWhere else “damesek” appears
Places in this verse
1Damascus
Today: Damascus, capital of Syria
A city in southern Syria, about 135 miles (220 km) northeast of Jerusalem; today it is the capital of Syria.
David put it under his control (2 Sam 8:6). On the road to Damascus, Jesus appeared to Saul, who was going to persecute believers (Acts 9:3-5).
2Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
8For he says, “Are not my princes all kings?
9 · This verse (above)
10As my hand has reached the kingdoms of the idol, and their carved images were more than those of Jerusalem and of Samaria,