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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(cities). (1) A town of
Judah
(Josh. 25:25). (2) A city of
Moab
(
Jer. 48:24
24
And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near. (Jeremiah 48:24)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
City in the
south
of
Judah
(
Josh. 15:25
25
And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, (Joshua 15:25)
). This
passage
is better read “Kerioth-
hezron
, which is
Hazor
.” Identified with
el Kureitein
, 31° 21' N, 35° 7' E.
2.
City of
Moab
denounced for
judgment
(
Jer. 48:24,41
24
And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near. (Jeremiah 48:24)
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. (Jeremiah 48:41)
). Probably the same as
KIRIOTH
in
Amos 2:2
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: (Amos 2:2)
.
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
cities