Calneh
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Calneh () was a city founded by Nimrod, mentioned three times in the Hebrew Bible (, , and ). The verse in Genesis reads:
"And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar" (KJV)
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