Kiriathaim
Kiriathaim, also known as Kerioth, was a Moabite city later allotted to the tribe of Reuben.
PlaceOld Testament6 books9 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Genesis 14:5; referred to as Kiriathaim (קִרְיָתַ֫יִם) or Kerioth or "cities" (קְרִיּוֹת).
Location
- Identified as
- Al Qurayyat
- Certainty
- Possible (56% of scholarship) · 5 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 31.541° N, 35.686° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- קְרִיּוֹתKeriothmeans “the cities; the callings”
- קִרְיָתַ֫יִםKiriathaim
Mentions
- Genesis 14:5קִרְיָתַ֫יִם · KiriathaimIn the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- Numbers 32:37קִרְיָתַ֫יִם · KiriathaimThe Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
- Joshua 13:19קִרְיָתַ֫יִם · KiriathaimKiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,
- Jeremiah 48:1קִרְיָתַ֫יִם · KiriathaimConcerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
- Jeremiah 48:23קִרְיָתַ֫יִם · Kiriathaim…upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
- Jeremiah 48:24קְרִיּוֹת · Kerioth…upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
- Jeremiah 48:41קְרִיּוֹת · KeriothKirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
- Ezekiel 25:9קִרְיָתַ֫יִם · Kiriathaim…therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.
- Amos 2:2קְרִיּוֹת · KeriothSo I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.