Kirjathaim

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Kirjathaim
     two cities; a double city. (1.) A city of refuge in Naphtali (1
     Chr. 6:76).
     
       (2.) A town on the east of Jordan (Gen. 14:5; Deut. 2:9, 10).
     It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:37). In the time


     of Ezekiel (25:9) it was one of the four cities which formed the
     "glory of Moab" (comp. Jer. 48:1, 23). It has been identified
     with el-Kureiyat, 11 miles south-west of Medeba, on the south
     slope of Jebel Attarus, the ancient Ataroth.
     

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

  Kirjathaim, the two cities; callings; or meetings