Kir-Hareseth
Kir-Hareseth
KIR-HARESETH (Isa 16:7), Kir-haraseth (2Ki 3:25 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] [pausal form]), Kir-heres (Jer 48:31; Jer 48:36), Kir-haresh (Isa 16:11 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] [pausal form]).A place of great strength and importance in Moab; generally regarded as identical with Kir of Moab (wh. see). The LXX [Note: Septuagint.] and Vulg. [Note: Vulgate.] take these names as phrases, and translate them on some more or less fanciful Hebrew etymology. The Targum on Isaiah renders Kerak tokpehon, which suggests that haraseth may be connected with the Assyrian hurshu, a cliff, etc., but the word may be Moabite or Canaanite, and seems to occur in Harosheth of the Gentiles (Jdg 4:2; Jdg 4:13; Jdg 4:16). The modern Kasr harasha, 35 minutes walk above Deraa, preserves a similar title.
C. H. W. Johns.