Topic
Kerioth
4 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 15:25Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A city of the tribe of Judah
And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
- Jeremiah 48:24Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Also called KIRIOTH — A city of Moab
And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
- Jeremiah 48:41Easton · ISBE · Nave 2. Also called KIRIOTH — A city of Moab
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
- Amos 2:2Easton · ISBE · Nave 2. Also called KIRIOTH — A city of Moab
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
Cities. (1.) A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:25). Judas the traitor was probably a native of this place, and hence his name Iscariot. It has been identified with the ruins of el-Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron. (See HAZOR [4]).
(2.) A city of Moab (Jer. 48:24, 41), called Kirioth (Amos 2:2).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
- A name which occurs among the lists of the towns in the southern district of Judah. (Joshua 15:25) Supposed by some to have been the birthplace of Judas Iscariot.
- A city of Moab, named by Jeremiah only, (Jeremiah 48:24)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
ke'-ri-oth, -oth (qeriyoth):
(1) A city of Moab, named with Beth-meon and Bozrah (Jer 48:24,41). Here was a sanctuary of Chemosh, to which Mesha says (M S, l. 13) he dragged "the altar hearths of Davdoh." It may possibly be represented by the modern Kuraiat, between Diban and `Attarus. Some (e.g. Driver on Am 2:2) think it may be only another name for Ar-Moab. Buhl (GAP, 270) would identify it with Kir of Moab (Kerak). No certainty is yet possible.
(2) A city of Judah (Jos 15:25; the Revised Version (British and American) KERIOTH-HEZRON (which see)), possibly the modern el-Kuryatain, to the Northeast of Tell `Arad.
W. Ewing
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.