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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(plain of
Kiriathaim
). Spot where the
Emims
dwelt when smitten by
Chedorlaomer
(
Gen. 14:5
5
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, (Genesis 14:5)
). It is supposedly the place that afterward belonged to
Reuben
, under the name of
Kirjathaim
(
Num. 32:37
37
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, (Numbers 32:37)
;
Josh. 13:19
19
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley, (Joshua 13:19)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
A
place
where
the
Emims
dwelt who were smitten by
Chedorlaomer
(
Gen. 14:5
5
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, (Genesis 14:5)
). Perhaps a plain in connection
with
Kiriathaim
, as in the margin.
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
same as Shaveh with Kiriathaim
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
See SHAVEH and KIRAITHAIM, Gen. 14:5.