KIRIATHAIM.1. A town E. of the Jordan, in the disputed territory between Moab and Reuben, placed by the Onomasticon 10 Roman miles W. of Madeba (Gen_14:5, Num_32:37, Jos_13:19, Jer_48:23, Eze_25:9); unidentified. 2. A town in Naphtali (1Ch_6:76), called Kartan in Jos_21:32.
W. Ewing.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. Num_32:37; Jos_13:19. A town of Reuben. Belonged first to the Emim (Gen_14:5 Shaveh Kiriathaim. "the plain of Kiriathaim," or of the two cities) whom the Moabites dispossessed before the Exodus (Deu_2:10-11). Moab lost and recovered Kiriathaim when the trans-jordanic tribes were carried captive (Jer_48:1-23; Eze_25:9).
2. Kiriathaim of Naphtali, assigned to the Levitical Gershonites (1Ch_6:76).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Kiriatha'im. See Kirjathaim.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
kir-i-a-thā?im (קריתים( mi?ā, ḳiryāthayı̄m, ?two cities?; the King James Version, Kirjathaim):
(1) A city in the uplands of Moab formerly held by Sihon, and given by Moses to Reuben, who is said to have fortified it (Num_32:37; Jos_13:19). It is named along with Elealeh and Nebo in the former passage, and with Sibmah in the latter. It was in the hands of Moab in Mesha's time, and he claims to have fortified it (M S, l.10). For Jeremiah (Jer_48:1, Jer_48:23) and Ezekiel (Eze_25:9) it is a Moabite town. Eusebius, Onomasticon, identifies it with Coraitha, a Christian village 10 Roman miles West of Madeba. This is the modern Ḳaraiyāt, about 11 miles West of Madeba, and 5 miles East of Macherus. This, however, may represent Kerioth, while the towns with which it is named would lead us to look for Kiriathaim to the North of Wādy Zerḳā Ma‛ı̄n. From this city was named Shaveh-kiriathaim, ?the plain of Kiriathaim? (Gen_14:5).
(2) A city in the territory of Naphtali, assigned to the Gershonite Levites (1Ch_6:76), corresponding to ?Kartan? in Jos_21:32.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Kiriathaim [KIR-JATHAIM]
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Kiriathaim
(Jer_48:1; Jer_48:23; Eze_25:9). SEE KIRJATHAIM.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.