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Kirjathaim
Two cities; a double city. (1.) A city of refuge in Naphtali (1 Chr 6:76).
(2.) A town on the east of Jordan (Gen 14:5; Deut 2:9, Deut 2:10). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Num 32:37). In the time of Ezekiel (Ezek 25:9) it was one of the four cities which formed the “glory of Moab” (comp. Jer 48:1, Jer 48:23). It has been identified with el-Kureiyat, 11 miles south-west of Medeba, on the south slope of Jebel Attarus, the ancient Ataroth.
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Numbers 32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
- Joshua 13:19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,
- 1 Chronicles 6:76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
