Kir of Moab
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Kir of Moab Isaiah 15:1. The two strongholds of Moab were Ar and Kir, which latter is probably the Kir-haraseth (Isaiah 16:7) following.
Kir - a wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; 9:7). Isaiah (22:6) mentions it along with Elam. Some have supposed that Kir is a variant of Cush (Susiana), on the south of Elam.[1]
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- ^ http://www.ccel.org/e/easton/ebd/ebd/T0002100.html#T0002196 Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.
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