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Kerioth

Town · today Al Qurayyat

Location likely Al Qurayyat: about 50 km (30 miles) southeast of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Al Qurayyat Likely
  • Aleiyan Possible

Kerioth in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 3 Verses

  • Jeremiah 48:24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
  • Jeremiah 48:41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
  • Amos 2:2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

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