trade. It was finally taken and probably destroyed by one of the Assyrian
kings (Amos 6:2). It is called Calno (Isaiah 10:9) and Canneh (Ezekiel
27:23).
- CALVARY only in Luke 23:33, the Latin name Calvaria, which was used
as a translation of the Greek word Kranion, by which the Hebrew word
Gulgoleth was interpreted, “the place of a skull.” It probably took this
name from its shape, being a hillock or low, rounded, bare elevation
somewhat in the form of a human skull. It is nowhere in Scripture called a
“hill.” The crucifixion of our Lord took place outside the city walls
(Hebrews 13:11-13) and near the public thoroughfare. “This thing was not
done in a corner.” (See GOLGOTHA.) - CAMEL from the Hebrew gamal, “to repay” or “requite,” as the camel
does the care of its master. There are two distinct species of camels,
having, however, the common characteristics of being “ruminants without
horns, without muzzle, with nostrils forming oblique slits, the upper lip
divided and separately movable and extensile, the soles of the feet horny,
with two toes covered by claws, the limbs long, the abdomen drawn up,
while the neck, long and slender, is bent up and down, the reverse of that
of a horse, which is arched.”
(1.) The Bactrian camel is distinguished by two humps. It is a native of the
high table-lands of Central Asia.
(2.) The Arabian camel or dromedary, from the Greek dromos, “a runner”
(Isaiah 60:6; Jeremiah 2:23), has but one hump, and is a native of Western
Asia or Africa.
The camel was early used both for riding and as a beast of burden (Genesis
24:64; 37:25), and in war (1 Samuel 30:17; Isaiah 21:7). Mention is made
of the camel among the cattle given by Pharaoh to Abraham (Genesis
12:16). Its flesh was not to be eaten, as it was ranked among unclean
animals (Leviticus 11:4; Deuteronomy 14:7). Abraham’s servant rode on a
camel when he went to fetch a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:10, 11). Jacob
had camels as a portion of his wealth (30:43), as Abraham also had
(24:35). He sent a present of thirty milch camels to his brother Esau
(32:15). It appears to have been little in use among the Jews after the
conquest. It is, however, mentioned in the history of David (1 Chronicles
27:30), and after the Exile (Ezra 2:67; Nehemiah 7:69). Camels were much
in use among other nations in the East. The queen of Sheba came with a