Kerioth
Kerioth (Template:Lang-he, Kriyot) is the name of two cities mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The spelling Kirioth appears in the King James Version of Amos 2:2.[1]
- A town in the south of Judea (Joshua 15:25). Judas Iscariot was probably a native, hence his name "Iscariot". It has been identified with the ruins of El Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron. (See Hazor.)
- A city of Moab (Jeremiah 48:24,48:41), called Kirioth (Amos 2:2).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Kerioth". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.
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References
- ^ Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1901) [1899]. "Kerioth". In T. K. Cheyne; J. Sutherland Black (eds.). Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible. Vol. 2, E–K. New York: The Macmillan Company.
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