Kir-Hareseth; Kir-Heres

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Kir-Hareseth; Kir-Heres [1]

kûr - har´ḗ - seth , - ha - rē´seth ( קיר־חרשׂת , ḳı̄r - ḥăresh ,   Isaiah 16:7; in  2 Kings 3:25 the King James Version reads Kir-haraseth (pausal form)); ( חרשׂ קיר , ḳı̄r ḥeres ,  Jeremiah 48:31 ,  Jeremiah 48:36; in  Isaiah 16:11 the King James Version reads Kir-haresh (pausal form)): Modern scholars unanimously identify this city with Kir of Moab. In Jehoram's invasion of Moab it alone withstood his attack; and on the city wall the king of Moab sacrificed his son (  2 Kings 3:25 ff). It was obviously the capital, i.e. Kir Moab. The name is generally taken to mean "city of the sun." Cheyne, however, points out ( EB , under the word): (1) that this explanation was unknown to the ancients; (2) that"kir" is nowhere suposed to mean "city," except in the compound names Ḳir - ḥeres , Ḳir - ḥareseth , and Ḳir Moab  ; (3) that ḥeres , "sun," nowhere has a feminine ending, and (4) that  Isaiah 16:7 (Septuagint and Aquila.) indicates d and not r in the second part of the name (Δέσεθ , Déseth ). He suggests, therefore, that we should possibly read הדשׁה קרית , ḳiryath ḥădhāshāh , "new city."

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