Kiriathaim

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  Numbers 32:37;  Joshua 13:19. A town of Reuben. Belonged first to the Emim ( Genesis 14:5 Shaveh Kiriathaim. "the plain of Kiriathaim," or of the two cities) whom the Moabites dispossessed before the Exodus ( Deuteronomy 2:10-11). Moab lost and recovered Kiriathaim when the trans-jordanic tribes were carried captive ( Jeremiah 48:1-23;  Ezekiel 25:9).

2. Kiriathaim of Naphtali, assigned to the Levitical Gershonites ( 1 Chronicles 6:76).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

KIRIATHAIM . 1. A town E. of the Jordan, in the disputed territory between Moab and Reuben, placed by the Onomasticon 10 Roman miles W. of Madeba (  Genesis 14:5 ,   Numbers 32:37 ,   Joshua 13:19 ,   Jeremiah 48:23 ,   Ezekiel 25:9 ); unidentified. 2. A town in Naphtali (  1 Chronicles 6:76 ), called Kartan in   Joshua 21:32 .

W. Ewing.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 6:76 Joshua 21:32 Genesis 14:5 Numbers 32:37 Joshua 13:19 Jeremiah 48:1 48:23 Ezekiel 25:9

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Kiriatha'im. See Kirjathaim .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See KIRJATHAIM.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kir - i - a - thā´im ( קריתים(mi , ḳiryāthayı̄m , "two cities"; the King James Version, Kirjathaim ):

(1) A city in the uplands of Moab formerly held by Sihon, and given by Moses to Reuben, who is said to have fortified it ( Numbers 32:37;  Joshua 13:19 ). It is named along with Elealeh and Nebo in the former passage, and with Sibmah in the latter. It was in the hands of Moab in Mesha's time, and he claims to have fortified it (M S, l.10). For Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 48:1 ,  Jeremiah 48:23 ) and Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 25:9 ) it is a Moabite town. Eusebius, Onomasticon , identifies it with Coraitha, a Christian village 10 Roman miles West of Madeba. This is the modern Ḳaraiyāt , about 11 miles West of Madeba, and 5 miles East of Macherus. This, however, may represent Kerioth, while the towns with which it is named would lead us to look for Kiriathaim to the North of Wādy Zerḳā Ma‛ı̄n . From this city was named Shaveh-kiriathaim, "the plain of Kiriathaim" ( Genesis 14:5 ).

(2) A city in the territory of Naphtali, assigned to the Gershonite Levites ( 1 Chronicles 6:76 ), corresponding to "Kartan" in  Joshua 21:32 .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( Jeremiah 48:1;  Jeremiah 48:23;  Ezekiel 25:9). (See Kirjathaim).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Kiriathaim [KIR-JATHAIM]