Kerioth is a city of Moab, and it appears only in warnings. Jeremiah 48:24 lists it among the cities of Moab, “far or near”, that will fall. A few verses later, “Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised”, and Moab’s mighty men lose heart (Jeremiah 48:41). Amos spoke the same message earlier, saying God would send fire that would devour “the palaces of Kerioth” (Amos 2:2). Both prophets say the nations around Israel answer to God as well. The place is not praised for anything. It stands for a proud country whose strength could not hold.
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And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
Matthew George Easton, 1897
Cities. (1.) A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:25). Judas the traitor was probably a native of this place, and hence his name Iscariot. It has been identified with the ruins of el-Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron. (See HAZOR [4]).
(2.) A city of Moab (Jer. 48:24, 41), called Kirioth (Amos 2:2).
William Smith, 1884
(cities).
(1.) A name which occurs among the lists of the towns in the southern district of Judah. (Joshua 15:25) Supposed by some to have been the birthplace of Judas Iscariot.
(2.) A city of Moab, named by Jeremiah only, (Jeremiah 48:24)