Kerioth

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cities. (1.) A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:25). Judas the traitor was probably a native of this place, and hence his name Iscariot. It has been identified with the ruins of el-Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron. (See HAZOR �T0001694 [4]).


(2.) A city of Moab (Jer. 48:24, 41), called Kirioth (Amos 2:2).




This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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