Kiriataim
Beskrywing
'n Stad in die hooglande van Moab wat voorheen deur Sihon beset is, en deur Moses aan Ruben gegee is, wat na bewering dit versterk het [Nm 32:37; Jos 13:19 ].
Kaart
inligting uit woordeboek
Kirjathaim
two cities; a double city.
(1.) A city of refuge in Naphtali (1Chr 6:76).
(2.) A town on the east of Jordan (Gen 14:5 ; Deut 2:9 ; 2:10). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Num 32:37 ). In the time of Ezekiel (Ezek 25:9) it was one of the four cities which formed the "glory of Moab" [comp. (Jer 48:1 ; 48:23)]. It has been identified with el-Kureiyat, 11 miles south-west of Medeba, on the south slope of Jebel Attarus, the ancient Ataroth.
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary