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Calah

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Ca'lah. (completion, old age). One of the most ancient cities of Assyria. Genesis 10:11. The site of Calah is probably market by the Nimrud ruins. If this be regarded as ascertained, Calah must be considered to have been, at one time, (about B.C. 930-720), the capital of the empire.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Calah'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​c/calah.html. 1901.
 
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