CHALDEE PARAPHRASE. Sec TARGUM. CHALDIANS, Xai aiot , C hal
daiui, Cha Idol, Lat. (' ha Ida ). A people inhabiting Armenia
before the arrival of the Hail:. The early Assyrian kings called
this country Nairi. It was then inhabited by petty nomadic
tribes of uncertain ethnic relation. About B.C. 900 the I 'ha Id
inns seem to have entered the country from the northeast, and
Mantled a powerful kingdom. The name by which they designated
themselves, and the land which they conquered, was that of their
chief god, Chaldis. It is impossible, as yet, to deter mine to
what family of nation, they belonged. But a connection may be
suspected with such people as the Mushki, Kashki, Tabal,
Kummueh, and Chatti. The Assyrians, from the time of
Ashurnazirpal (S85-860), called them Urartu, which may have been
the of the first tribe or district with which they became
acquainted. It is possible that Amine, against whom Shal manezer
11. (S59-S23) fought in n.c. 857 and 845, was the first Chaldian
king who succeeded in uniting under