Amos 6:2
Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
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Pass.

Jeremiah 2:10, 11
Cross over to Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this: . . .

Nahum 3:8
Are you better than Thebes, situated by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

Calneh.

Genesis 10:10
His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Isaiah 10:9
"Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

Calno.

2 Kings 17:24, 30
Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns. . . .

2 Kings 18:34
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

2 Kings 19:13
Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?'"

Gath.

1 Samuel 17:4, 23
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height, . . .

2 Chronicles 26:6
Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.

better.

Isaiah 10:9-11
"Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? . . .

Isaiah 36:18, 19
Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, 'The LORD will deliver us.' Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? . . .

Isaiah 37:12, 13
Did the gods of the nations my fathers destroyed rescue them--the gods of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar? . . .

Ezekiel 31:2, 3
"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: 'Who can be compared to your greatness? . . .

Nahum 3:8
Are you better than Thebes, situated by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Go over to Calneh and look, And go from there to Hamath the great, Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms, Or is their territory greater than yours?

King James Bible
Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?

International Standard Version
Cross over to Calneh and look around, then go on to that great city of Hamath, and from there go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory more extensive than yours?

NET Bible
They say to the people: "Journey over to Calneh and look at it! Then go from there to Hamath-Rabbah! Then go down to Gath of the Philistines! Are they superior to our two kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?"
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