Kirjathaim:
two cities; a double city. (1.) A city of refuge in Naphtali (1Ch 6:76).
(2.) A town on the east of Jordan (Gen 14:5; Deu 2:9,10). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Num 32:37). In the time of Ezekiel (Eze 25:9) it was one of the four cities which formed the "glory of Moab" (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.
Kirjathaim:
the two cities; callings; or meetings
Kirjathaim:
kur-ja-tha'-im, kir-ja-tha'-im.
Kirjathaim: 1. Called also Kiriathaim
A city of the tribe of Reuben,
Num 32:37; Jos 13:19.
Prophecies concerning,
Jer 48:1, 23; Eze 25:9.
Kirjathaim: 2. A Levitical City in Territory of the Tribe of Naphtali
1Ch 6:76
Kirjathaim:
(the two cities).
(1.) On the east of the Jordan, one of the places which were taken possession of and rebuilt by the Reubenites, and had fresh names conferred on them (Numbers 32:37 and see Numbers 32:38) the first and last of which are known with some tolerable degree of certainty (Joshua 12:19). It existed in the time of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 48:1; 48:23) and Ezekiel (Ezekiel 25:9). In the three passages named the Authorized Version gives the name KIRIATHAIM. By Eusebius it appears to have been well known. He describes it as a village entirely of Christians, ten miles west of Medeba, "close to the Baris."
(2.) A town in Naphtali not mentioned in the original list of the possession allotted to the tribe (see Joshua 19:32-39) but inserted in the list of cities given to the Gershonite Levites in 1 Chronicles 6:76 in place of KARTAN in the parallel catalogue, Kartan being probably only a contraction thereof.
Kiriathaim:
kir-i-aitha'-im (qiryathaym, "two cities"; the King James Version, Kirjathaim):
(1) A city in the uplands of Moab formerly held by Sihon, and given by Moses to Reuben, who is said to have fortified it (Nu 32:37; Jos 13:19). It is named along with Elealeh and Nebo in the former passage, and with Sibmah in the latter. It was in the hands of Moab in Mesha's time, and he claims to have fortified it (M S, l.10). For Jeremiah (48:1,23) and Ezekiel (25:9) it is a Moabite town. Eusebius, Onomasticon, identifies it with Coraitha, a Christian village 10 Roman miles West of Madeba. This is the modern Qaraiyat, about 11 miles West of Madeba, and 5 miles East of Macherus. This, however, may represent Kerioth, while the towns with which it is named would lead us to look for Kiriathaim to the North of Wady Zerqa Ma‘in. From this city was named Shaveh-kiriathaim, "the plain of Kiriathaim" (Ge 14:5).
(2) A city in the territory of Naphtali, assigned to the Gershonite Levites (1Ch 6:76), corresponding to "Kartan" in Jos 21:32.
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