Chilmad

Chilmad (meaning teaching or learning) appears in Ezekiel 27:23 as one of the trading partners of the city of Tyre, listed alongside Sheba and Asshur. It is described as trading in choice garments, embroidered work, and chests of rich apparel. The exact location of Chilmad is unknown; suggestions have included Kalwadha (near Baghdad) and a site in the Tigris-Euphrates region, but no identification has been confirmed. The passage as a whole catalogues Tyre's far-flung commercial network in the ancient Near East before its prophesied destruction.