Kings Pool
KING'S POOL, Neh 2:14, perhaps the same as the Solomon's pool of Josephus. See Siloam.
Kings, First And Second Books Of
originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth books of Kings (the books of Samuel being the first and second). It must be remembered that the div…
Kings, The Books Of
The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the third …
King’s Dale
Mentioned only in Gen. 14:17; 2 Sam. 18:18, the name given to “the valley of Shaveh,” where the king of Sodom met Abram.
Kinsfolk-man
KINS'FOLK-MAN, WOMAN. See Kindred.
Kinsfolk-man, Woman.
KINS'FOLK-MAN, WOMAN. See Kindred.
Kinsman
Heb. goel, from root meaning to redeem. The goel among the Hebrews was the nearest male blood relation alive. Certain important obligations devolved upon him toward his next of kin. (1.) If any one f…
Kir
A wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; 9:7). Isaiah (22:6), who also was contemporary with t…
Kir Of Moab.
KIR OF MOAB. See Kir-ha-raseth.
Kir-haraseth
Built fortress, a city and fortress of Moab, the modern Kerak, a small town on the brow of a steep hill about 6 miles from Rabbath-Moab and 10 miles from the Dead Sea; called also Kir-haresh, Kir-har…
Kirharaseth
(brick fortress), (2 Kings 3:25) Kir-ha’resh, (Isaiah 16:11) Kir-har’es, (Jeremiah 48:31,36) These four names are all applied to one place, probably Kir Of Moab OF MOAB, which see.
Kiriah
apparently an ancient or archaic word, meaning a city or town. It may be compared to the word “burg” or “bury” in our own language. Closely related to Kiriah is Kereth, apparently a Phoenician form, …
Kiriathaim
[KIRJATHAIM]
Kirioth,
KIR'IOTH, Am 2:2, See Kerioth.
Kirjath
City, a city belonging to Benjamin (Josh. 18:28), the modern Kuriet el-‘Enab, i.e., “city of grapes”, about 7 1/2 miles west-north-west of Jerusalem.
Kirjath-arba
City of Arba, the original name of Hebron (q.v.), so called from the name of its founder, one of the Anakim (Gen. 23:2; 35:27; Josh. 15:13). It was given to Caleb by Joshua as his portion. The Jews i…
Kirjath-arim
KIR'JATH-A'RIM Ezr 2:25. See Kirjath-Jearim.
Kirjath-baal
KIR'JATH-BA'AL (the city of Baal) Josh 15:60; Josh 18:14. Identical with Kirjath-Jearim.
Kirjath-huzoth
City of streets, Num. 22:39, a Moabite city, which some identify with Kirjathaim. Balak here received and entertained Balaam, whom he had invited from Pethor, among the “mountains of the east,” beyon…
Kirjath-jearim
City of jaars; i.e., of woods or forests, a Gibeonite town (Josh. 9:17) on the border of Benjamin, to which tribe it was assigned (18:15, 28). The ark was brought to this place (1 Sam. 7:1, 2) from B…
Kirjath-sannah
City of the sannah; i.e., of the palm(?), Josh. 15:49; the same as Kirjath-sepher (15:16; Judg. 1:11) and Debir (q.v.), a Canaanitish royal city included in Judah (Josh. 10:38; 15:49), and probably t…
Kirjath-sepher
City of books, Josh. 15:15; same as Kirjath-sannah (q.v.), now represented by the valley of ed-Dhaberiyeh, south-west of Hebron. The name of this town is an evidence that the Canaanites were acquaint…
Kirjathaim.
KIRJATHA'IM. See Kiriathaim.
Kirjatharba
(the city of Arba), an early name of the city which after the conquest is generally known as Hebron. (Joshua 14:15; Judges 1:10) The identity of Kirjath-arba with Hebron is constantly asserted. (Gene…
Kirjatharim
(city of forests), an abbreviated form of the name Kirjath-jearim, which occurs only in (Ezra 2:25)
Kirjathbaal
[KIRJATH-JEARIM]
Kirjathhuzoth
(city of streets), a place to which Balak accompanied Balaam immediately after his arrival in Moab, (Numbers 22:39) and which is nowhere else mentioned. It appears to have lain between the Arnon (Wad…
Kirjathjearim
(the city of forests), first mentioned as one of the four cities of the Gibeonites, (Joshua 9:17) it next occurs as one of the landmarks of the northern boundary of Judah, ch (Joshua 15:9) and as the…
Kirjathsannah
(city of books). [Debir]
Kirjathsepher
(city of books). (Joshua 15:15,16; Judges 1:11,12) [Debir]