Chelod
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
CHELOD . Jdt 1:6 b reads, not as AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘many nations of the sons of Chelod assembled themselves to battle,’ but ‘there came together many nations unto the array (or ranks) of the sons of Cheleul.’ It is not certain whether the ‘many nations’ are allies of Nebuchadrezzar or of Arphaxad, or whether they come to help or to fight the ‘sons of Chelod.’ Probably Jdt 1:6 b summarizes v. Jdt 1:6 a; hence ‘sons of Chelod’ should be Nebuchadrezzar’s army. But he is, in Jth., king of Assyrians, not Chaldsæans. No probable conjecture as to Aram. [Note: Aramaic.] original has been made.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( Χελεούδ v. r. Χελεούλ , Vulg. omits, old Lat. ver. Chelleuth, Syr. "Chaldaeans"). "Many nations of the sons of Chelod" were among those who obeyed the summons of Nabuchodonosor to his war with Arphaxad ( Judith 1:6). The word is apparently corrupt (see Fritzsche, Exeg. Handb. in loc.). Simonis suggests Χαλών , i.e. Calneh perh. Ctesiphon. Ewald (Gesch. Isr. III, 2:543) conjectures it to be a nickname for the Syrians, "'sons of the mole" ( חֹלֵר , choled ´ ).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
kē´lod ( Χελεούδ , Cheleoúd , Χελεούλ , Cheleoúl ): In Judith 1:6 it is said that "many nations of the sons of Chelod assembled themselves to the battle." They are mentioned as obeying the summons of Nebuchadnezzar to his war against Arphaxad. No very probable suggestion has been made as to the meaning of Chelod.
