Kirjathaim

Easton, 1897

Two cities; a double city. (1.) A city of refuge in Naphtali (1 Chronicles 6:76).

(2.) A town on the east of Jordan (Genesis 14:5; Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 2:10). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Numbers 32:37). In the time of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 25:9) it was one of the four cities which formed the "glory of Moab" (comp. Jeremiah 48:1, Jeremiah 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.