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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In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
The Emits used to live there. They are a mighty race of giants who lived in Ar. They were as tall as the Anakim, another race of giants. Like the Anakim they were also known as Rephaim; but the Moabites called them Emim.
and from the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
This is what the Lord Jehovah said about [MOAB]: Pity the people of Nebo. Their town is destroyed! Kiriathaim is captured, its mighty fortress torn down, and its people put to shame. The splendor of Moab is gone. The enemy has captured Heshbon and plot to destroy the nation of Moab. The town of Madmen will be silenced. Armies will march against it. read more. The people of Horonaim cry out: Violence! Destruction! Moab has been destroyed! Listen to the children crying. Hear the sound of their sobs along the road up to Luhith, the cries of distress on the way down to Horonaim. Quick, run for your lives! They say. Run like a wild desert donkey! Moab, you trusted in your strength and your wealth, but now even you will be conquered. Your god Chemosh will go into exile, along with his princes and priests. Not a town will escape the destruction. Both valley and plain will be ruined. I Jehovah have spoken. Set up a tombstone for Moab. It will soon be destroyed. Its towns will be left in ruins, and no one will live there again. Curse those who do not do Jehovah's work with all their heart! Curse those who do not slash and kill! Jehovah said: Moab has always lived secure and has never been taken into exile. Moab is like wine left to settle undisturbed and never poured from jar to jar. Its flavor has never been ruined, and it tastes as good as ever. So now, the time is coming when I will send people to pour Moab out like wine. They will empty its wine jars and break them in pieces. Then the Moabites will be disillusioned with their god Chemosh. The same as the Israelites were disillusioned with Bethel, their trusted god. Men of Moab, why do you claim to be heroes, brave soldiers tested in war?' Moab and its cities are destroyed. Its finest young men have been slaughtered. 'I am the king, the Lord Jehovah, and I have spoken! Moab's doom approaches. Its ruin is coming soon. Mourn for that nation, you that live nearby, all of you that know its fame. Say: 'Its powerful rule has been broken. Its glory and might are no more.' You that live in Dibon come down from your place of honor and sit on the ground in the dust. Moab's destroyer is here and has left its forts in ruins. You that live in Aroer stand by the road and wait. Ask those who are running away, say, 'What has happened?' Moab has fallen, they will answer; weep for it because it is disgraced. Announce along the Arnon River that Moab is destroyed! Judgment has come on the cities of the plateau: on Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath, Dibon, Nebo, Beth Diblathaim, Kiriathaim, Bethgamul, Bethmeon,
therefore, I am going to deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon 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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In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
From the territory of Naphtali they received three cities: Kedesh in Galilee, with pasture lands, one of the cities of refuge, Hammoth-Dor, and Kartan, with pasturelands.
and from the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
therefore, I am going to deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim,
Morish
Kiriatha'im
See KIRJATHAIM.
Smith
Kiriatha'im.
[KIRJATHAIM]