Chaldea

(^netd 6. 17.) P. L. 12. 130. A part of ancient Babylonia. Chalybean. (See Genesis 11.31.) Samson 133. The Chalybes were a race living south of the Black Sea, famous as workers in iron. Dionysius Periegetes says of them: “The Chalybes, who understand the tasks of toilsome iron, inhabit a hard and rough land, who, standing by the loud-roaring anvils, never cease toil and grim hardship.” 94