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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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-hareseth, Kir-heres (Isa. 16:7, 11; Jer. 48:31,
     36). After the death of Ahab, Mesha, king of Moab (see MOABITE


     {STONE}), threw off allegiance to the king of Israel,
     and fought successfully for the independence of his kingdom.
     After this Jehoram, king of Israel, in seeking to regain his
     supremacy over Moab, entered into an alliance with Jehoshaphat,
     king of Judah, and with the king of Edom. The three kings led
     their armies against Mesha, who was driven back to seek refuge
     in Kir-haraseth. The Moabites were driven to despair. Mesha then
     took his eldest son, who would have reigned in his stead, and
     offered him as a burnt-offering on the wall of the fortress in
     the sight of the allied armies. "There was great indignation
     against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to
     their own land." The invaders evacuated the land of Moab, and
     Mesha achieved the independence of his country (2 Kings
     3:20-27).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Kirharaseth, Kirharesh, city of the sun; wall of burnt brick
  

















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