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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

Bible -- Geography; Names in the Bible; Names, Geographical

|              |              |   |
=KIRJATH= (R.V. |Josh. xviii.  |_Kŭryet el    |14 |In the tribe of
 =KIRIATH=)     | 28           | ʾEnab_       |   | Benjamin. Now
                |              |              |   | generally acknowledged
                |              |              |   | as ‘Kŭryet el ʾEnab,’
                |              |              |   | which is more
                |              |              |   | generally called only
                |              |              |   | el Kuryeh. (_Mem._
                |              |              |   | III. 132; Sh. XVII).
                |              |              |   | It is also thought by
                |              |              |   | many to be identical
                |              |              |   | with ‘Kirjath-jearim,’
                |              |              |   | which see.
                |              |              |   |
=KIRJATHAIM=    |Num. xxxii.   |_el Kŭreiyât_ |15 |In the revised version
 (R.V.          | 37; Josh.    | (?)          |   | rendered ‘Kiriathaim,’
 =KIRIATHAIM=)  | xiii. 19     |              |   | which see. The ruins
                |              |              |   | of ‘el Kureiyat,’
                |              |              |   | between Medeba and
                |              |              |   | Dibon, are now
                |              |              |   | believed to represent
                |              |              |   | this site. Eusebius
                |              |              |   | describes it as a
                |              |              |   | village entirely of
                |              |              |   | Christians, 10 miles
                |              |              |   | west of Medeba, ‘close
                |              |              |   | to the Baris’--‘el
                |              |              |   | Kureiyat’ is this
                |              |              |   | distance, but more
                |              |              |   | south than west of
                |              |              |   | ‘Medeba.’
                |              |              |   |
=KIRJATHAIM=    |1 Chron. vi.  |_Not          |-- |A town in Naphtali,
 (R.V.          | 76           | identified_  |   | not mentioned in the
 =KIRIATHAIM=)  |              |              |   | original list of Josh.
                |              |              |   | xix. 32-39; and in
                |              |              |   | the parallel list of
                |              |              |   | Joshua xxi. 32, Kartan
                |              |              |   | is given.
                |              |              |   |
=KIRJATH-ARBA=  |Gen. xxiii.   |_el Khŭlîl_   |14 |The early name of
 (R.V.          | 2; Josh.     |              |   | Hebron, and one of the
 =KIRIATH-ARBA=)| xiv. 15; xv. |              |   | six cities appointed

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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

Bible -- Geography; Names in the Bible; Names, Geographical

|              |              |   |
=KIRJATH= (R.V. |Josh. xviii.  |_Kŭryet el    |14 |In the tribe of
 =KIRIATH=)     | 28           | ʾEnab_       |   | Benjamin. Now
                |              |              |   | generally acknowledged
                |              |              |   | as ‘Kŭryet el ʾEnab,’
                |              |              |   | which is more
                |              |              |   | generally called only
                |              |              |   | el Kuryeh. (_Mem._
                |              |              |   | III. 132; Sh. XVII).
                |              |              |   | It is also thought by
                |              |              |   | many to be identical
                |              |              |   | with ‘Kirjath-jearim,’
                |              |              |   | which see.
                |              |              |   |
=KIRJATHAIM=    |Num. xxxii.   |_el Kŭreiyât_ |15 |In the revised version
 (R.V.          | 37; Josh.    | (?)          |   | rendered ‘Kiriathaim,’
 =KIRIATHAIM=)  | xiii. 19     |              |   | which see. The ruins
                |              |              |   | of ‘el Kureiyat,’
                |              |              |   | between Medeba and
                |              |              |   | Dibon, are now
                |              |              |   | believed to represent
                |              |              |   | this site. Eusebius
                |              |              |   | describes it as a
                |              |              |   | village entirely of
                |              |              |   | Christians, 10 miles
                |              |              |   | west of Medeba, ‘close
                |              |              |   | to the Baris’--‘el
                |              |              |   | Kureiyat’ is this
                |              |              |   | distance, but more
                |              |              |   | south than west of
                |              |              |   | ‘Medeba.’
                |              |              |   |
=KIRJATHAIM=    |1 Chron. vi.  |_Not          |-- |A town in Naphtali,
 (R.V.          | 76           | identified_  |   | not mentioned in the
 =KIRIATHAIM=)  |              |              |   | original list of Josh.
                |              |              |   | xix. 32-39; and in
                |              |              |   | the parallel list of
                |              |              |   | Joshua xxi. 32, Kartan
                |              |              |   | is given.
                |              |              |   |
=KIRJATH-ARBA=  |Gen. xxiii.   |_el Khŭlîl_   |14 |The early name of
 (R.V.          | 2; Josh.     |              |   | Hebron, and one of the
 =KIRIATH-ARBA=)| xiv. 15; xv. |              |   | six cities appointed

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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

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