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Kerioth
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Cities.
Kerioth (1)
#A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:25). Judas the traitor was probably a native of this place, and hence his name Iscariot. It has been identified with the ruins of el-Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron. (See HAZOR [4]).
Kerioth (2)
#A city of Moab (Jer. 48:24, 41), called Kirioth (Amos 2:2).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(cities).
A name which occurs among the lists of the towns in the southern district of Judah. (Joshua 15:25) Supposed by some to have been the birthplace of Judas Iscariot. A city of Moab, named by Jeremiah only, (Jeremiah 48:24)
In the Bible
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Verses where Kerioth is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Amos 2:2
So 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.
- Jeremiah 48:24
upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
- Jeremiah 48:41
Kirioth 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.
- Joshua 15:25
Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),
Scripture on Kerioth
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Entries that reference Kerioth
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Kerioth references
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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