Plain of Kirja-thaim where Chedorlaomer defeated the Emims, the original inhabitants (Gen. 14:5). Now Kureiyat, north of Dibon, in the land of Moab.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Concept
Shaveh-Kiriathaim
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(plain of the double city), mentioned (Genesis 14:5) as the residence of the Emim at the time of Chedorlaomer’s incursion. Kiriathaim is named in the later history, though it has not been identified; and Shaveh Kiriathaim was probably the valley in or by which the town lay.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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