Kir of Moab; Kirharaseth; Kirhareseth; Kirharesh; Kirheres
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Fortified city in Moab (2 Kings 3:2525And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. (2 Kings 3:25); Isa. 15:11The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; (Isaiah 15:1); Isa. 16:7,117Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. (Isaiah 16:7)
11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh. (Isaiah 16:11); Jer. 48:31,3631Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres. (Jeremiah 48:31)
36Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished. (Jeremiah 48:36)). Identified with Kerak, 31° 11' N, 35° 37' E.
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
the wall is earthen