Place
Kiriathaim
- Terrain:
- City
- Verse mentions:
- 5
A town on the east of Jordan (Gen. 14:5; Deut. 2:9, 10). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:37). In the time of Ezekiel (25:9) it was one of the four cities which formed the “glory of Moab” (comp. Jer. 48:1, 23). It has been identified with el-Kureiyat, 11 miles south-west of Medeba, on the south slope of Jebel Attarus, the ancient Ataroth.
Appears in 5
- Numbers 32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
- Joshua 13:19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,
- Jeremiah 48:1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
- Jeremiah 48:23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,
- Ezekiel 25:9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,