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Kirjathaim
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The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Kirjathaim. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Two cities; a double city.
Kirjathaim (1)
#A city of refuge in Naphtali (1 Chr. 6:76).
Kirjathaim (2)
#A town on the east of Jordan (Gen. 14:5; Deut. 2:9, 10). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:37). In the time of Ezekiel (25:9) it was one of the four cities which formed the “glory of Moab” (comp. Jer. 48:1, 23). It has been identified with el-Kureiyat, 11 miles south-west of Medeba, on the south slope of Jebel Attarus, the ancient Ataroth.
In the Bible
3
Verses where Kirjathaim is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 6:76
And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 13:19
Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,
- Numbers 32:37
The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
Scripture on Kirjathaim
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Entries that reference Kirjathaim
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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