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KIRIATHAIM

(Heb. qiryāṯayim)

1. A town E of the Jordan assigned to the Reubenites, who rebuilt it (Num. 32:27; Josh. 13:19). This region was politically unstable, and by the time of Moab’s rebellion (2 Kgs. 1:1) Mesha king of Moab controlled Kiriathaim; according to the Mesha Inscription (l. 10) he rebuilt the city. Kiriathaim remained in Moab’s possession until the time of Jeremiah (Jer. 48:1, 23) and Ezekiel (Ezek. 25:9). Possible locations include el-Qereiyat (215105), 8 km. (5 mi.) NW of Dibon, and Qaryat el-Mekhaiyet (220128), 5 km. (3 mi.) NW of Medeba. Shaveh-kiriathaim, “the plain of Kiriathaim” (Gen. 14:5), was probably associated with this city.

2. A city in in the territory of Naphtali assigned, with its pastures, to the Gershonite Levites (1 Chr. 6:76[MT 61]). It is probably the same as Kartan (Josh. 21:32) and to be identified with modern Khirbet el-Qureiyeh, 10 km. (6 mi.) W of Medeba.

Christian M. M. Brady

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KIRIATHAIM

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)