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Kirjathaim

Kirjathaim two cities; a double city. (1.) A city of refuge in Naphtali (1Chr 6:76). (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...

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Kirjathaim two cities; a double city. (1.) A city of refuge in Naphtali (1Chr 6:76).

(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.

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