Reference: Kiriathaim
Fausets
1. Nu 32:37; Jos 13:19. A town of Reuben. Belonged first to the Emim (Ge 14:5 Shaveh Kiriathaim. "the plain of Kiriathaim," or of the two cities) whom the Moabites dispossessed before the Exodus (De 2:10-11). Moab lost and recovered Kiriathaim when the trans-jordanic tribes were carried captive (Jer 48:1-23; Eze 25:9).
2. Kiriathaim of Naphtali, assigned to the Levitical Gershonites (1Ch 6:76).
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And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him came and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim and the Zuzims in Ham and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim
(The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many and tall as the Anakims, which also were accounted giants as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs and Hammon with her suburbs and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
Against Moab thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel said; Woe unto Nebo! for it is destroyed; it is confounded; Kiriathaim is taken; Misgab is confounded and dismayed. Moab shall no longer be praised; they have devised evil against Heshbon, saying, Come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. read more. A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. Moab is destroyed; they have caused the cry of her little ones to be heard. For in the ascending road of Luhith he that weeps shall go up weeping; for in the descending road of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. For because thou hast trusted in thy works; in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken; and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together. And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed as the LORD has spoken. Give wings unto Moab that he may flee and get away, for his cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. Cursed be he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keeps back his sword from blood. Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity; therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. Therefore, behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will send unto him captors that shall take him captive and shall empty his vessels and break his wineskins. And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence. How do ye say, We are mighty and strong men for the war? Moab is spoiled, and his cities destroyed, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, said the King whose name is the LORD of the hosts. The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hastens fast. All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken: the beautiful rod! Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab has come against thee and has dissipated thy strong holds. O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch; ask her that flees and her that escapes and say, What has happened? Moab is confounded, for it is broken down; howl and cry; tell it in Arnon that Moab is spoiled, and judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim, and upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,
therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the desirable lands of Bethjeshimoth and Baalmeon and Kiriathaim,
Hastings
1. A town E. of the Jordan, in the disputed territory between Moab and Reuben, placed by the Onomasticon 10 Roman miles W. of Madeba (Ge 14:5; Nu 32:37; Jos 13:19; Jer 48:23; Eze 25:9); unidentified. 2. A town in Naphtali (1Ch 6:76), called Kartan in Jos 21:32.
W. Ewing.
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And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him came and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim and the Zuzims in Ham and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for manslayers, and Hammothdor with its suburbs and Kartan with its suburbs: three cities.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs and Hammon with her suburbs and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the desirable lands of Bethjeshimoth and Baalmeon and Kiriathaim,
Morish
Kiriatha'im
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Smith
Kiriatha'im.
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