qarqish

Updated: February 27, 2026

In the Egyptian epic composed by the court-poet Pentaur, to commemorate the heroic deeds of Ramses II. in his struggle with the Hittites, mention is twice made of "the country of Qarqish." It was one of those which had sent contingents to the Hittite army.

A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce - Patriarchal Palestine