Kirjathaim
KIRJATHAIM
1. The dual form of Kirjath, a city. It was an ancient city of the Emim, east of the Jordan; afterwards inhabited by the Moabites, Amorites, and Israelites in turn, Gen 14:5 Deu 2:9-11 Eze 25:9 . It fell within the limits of the tribe of Reuben, Num 32:37 Jos 13:19 2. A Levitical city in Naphtali, 1Ch 6:76 ; called Kartan, in Jos 21:32 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Kirjathaim
(Heb. Kiryatha’yim, , two cities, i.e. double-town; Sept. , but in Numbers; in Genesis; v. r. or in Jeremiah and Ezekiel; [apparently mistaking the directive termination for ] in Ezekiel; Auth. Vers. ” Kiriathaim” in Jeremiah and Ezekiel), the name of two places.
1. One of the most ancient towns in the country east of the Jordan (see Ewald, Gesch. Isr. i, 308), as it was possessed by the gigantic Emim (Gen 14:5), who were expelled by the Moabites (compare Deu 2:9-10), and these, in their turn, were dispossessed by the Amorites, from whom it was taken by the Israelites. Kirjathaim was then assigned to Reuben (Num 32:37; Jos 13:19); but during the Assyrian exile the Moabites again took possession of this and other towns (Jer 48:1; Jer 48:23; Eze 25:9). Burckhardt (Travels, p. 367) found ruins, called El-Teim, which he conjectures to have been Kiriathaim, the last syllable of the name being retained. This is somewhat doubtful, as the Christian village Kariatha or Koreiatha (, ) of Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v.) is placed ten miles west of Medeba, whereas El-Teim is but two miles (Seetzeni places it at half an hour, Reise, i, 408). Michaelis (Orient. u. exey. Bibl. 3:120; Suppl. 2203 sq.) compares the modern city Kiujathaimi, one day’s journey from Palmyra (Wood, Ruins of Pallmyra, p. 34); and Busching (Erdb. 11:5(8) adduces Kriathaim (in Pliny, 6:32, Carriata), a place in the desert of Arabia; but botl these identifications are inadmissible (Hamesvell, 3:169). Ritter (Erdim Ekde, 15:1185,1186) supposes that the Ononmasticon confounds two places of the same name, one being the ancient city corresponding to El-Teim, north of the wady Zurka, and the other the Christian town, represented by the modern KureTyrut, south of the same wady; but we see no occasion for this, as the latter place, the name of which fully agrees, lies at the required distance (eleven miles, Seetzen, Reise, ii, 342) south-west of Medeba (Porter, Handbook, p. 300), upon the southern slope of Jebel Attarus (perhaps referred to by Eusebius in the expression annexed to his description, , on the Baris, using the term in the sense of a fortress on a hill-top rather than alluding to a position beyond the valley Zurka-Main, which Ritter, p. 578, fancifully conceives to be thus indicated from the abundance of mandrakes, ). SEE KEROTH, 2.
2. A city of refuge in the tribe of Naphtali (1Ch 6:76); elsewhere (Jos 21:32) called KARTAN SEE KARTAN (q.v.).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Kirjathaim
two cities; a double city. (1.) A city of refuge in Naphtali (1 Chr. 6:76).
(2.) 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.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Kirjathaim
kur-ja-thaim, kir-ja-thaim. See KIRIATHAIM.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Kirjathaim
[Kirjatha’im]
1. City of Reuben, east of the Jordan. Num 32:37; Jos 13:19. Called KIRIATHAIM in Jer 48:1; Jer 48:23; Eze 25:9 where it is associated with Moab, and devoted to judgement. Identified by some with Kureiyat , 31 35′ N, 35 42′ E.
2. Levitical city in Naphtali. 1Ch 6:76. Probably the same as KARTAN in Jos 21:32. Not identified.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Kirjathaim
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1. Called Kiriathaim:
– A city of Reuben
Num 32:37; Jos 13:19
– Prophecies concerning
Jer 48:1; Jer 48:23; Eze 25:9
2. A Levitical city in Naphtali
1Ch 6:76