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    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Kir. Every Kir in the Bible

    place · also Kir-hareseth · Mizpeh

    Kir

    קִיר

    Kir, also known as Mizpeh, was a Moabite city that faced destruction by the Babylonians (Isaiah 15:1; Jeremiah 48:1, 23).

    Where the story of Kir happensKir, and 1 place the claims reach, framed to them: Kir, Moab. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.KirMoab
    Kir, and 1 place the claims reach
    verses
    7
    first named
    1 Samuel 22:3
    last named
    Jeremiah 48:31
    feature
    mountain range
    coordinates
    33.12°N · 45.93°E
    mountain range33.12°N · 45.93°E

    Der (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 9 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Kir in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Kir, also referred to as Mizpeh, was a city in Moab, east of the Dead Sea. It is mentioned several times in the prophetic books of Isaiah and Jeremiah in the context of God's judgment against Moab. Isaiah prophesied that Kir would be destroyed in a night (Isaiah 15:1), and Jeremiah foretold that Kir would face judgment and destruction by the Babylonians (Jeremiah 48:1, 23). The city was known for its fortifications, as the name "Kir" means "wall" or "fortress." According to 2Ki.3.25, during the campaign of the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom against Moab, they destroyed the cities and stopped up the springs of water, including those of Kir-hareseth, which may be another name for Kir. The exact location of Kir is uncertain, but it was likely situated in southern Moab, possibly near the modern-day town of Al-Karak.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 7, across 4 books.

    1. 1 Samuel1 verse

      22:3

    2. 2 Kings1 verse

      3:25

    3. Isaiah3 verses

      15:116:716:11

    4. Jeremiah2 verses

      48:3148:36

    Onward

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    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via MoabArThe capital city of Moab.via MoabDavid’s dedicationDavid’s dedication is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 6 pageable entities.via MoabDeath of MosesDeath of Moses is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via MoabFighting of MoabFighting of Moab is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via MoabGiving Ammon PossessionGiving Ammon Possession is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.via MoabIsraelite JourneysIsraelite Journeys is an event attested across 45 verses, connecting 55 pageable entities.via MoabIthmahMoabite warrior in David's army.via MoabJudgment of Dibon, Nebo, and DiblathaimJudgment of Dibon, Nebo, and Diblathaim is an event attested across 5 verses, connecting 11 pageable entities.via MoabLORD’s destruction of MoabLORD’s destruction of Moab is an event attested across 5 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.

    Where they appear

    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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