Place · City
Kerioth
Named in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Jeremiah 48:24.
In the Bible
All 2 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 48:24
upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.
Amos
- Amos 2:2
So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
A city of Moab (Jer. 48:24, 41), called Kirioth (Amos 2:2).