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Shaveh-Kiriathaim
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Plain of Kirja-thaim where Chedorlaomer defeated the Emims, the original inhabitants (Gen. 14:5). Now Kureiyat, north of Dibon, in the land of Moab.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(plain of the double city), mentioned (Genesis 14:5) as the residence of the Emim at the time of Chedorlaomer’s incursion. Kiriathaim is named in the later history, though it has not been identified; and Shaveh Kiriathaim was probably the valley in or by which the town lay.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SHA'VEH-KIRIATHA'IM (plain of Kirjathain), a plain or valley near the city Kirjathaim, in Moab. Gen 14:5. Afterward it belonged to Reuben. Num 32:37; Josh 13:19. Eusebius says it was well known in his day as a village 10 miles west of Medeba.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SHA'VEH-KIRIATHA'IM (plain of Kirjathain), a plain or valley near the city Kirjathaim, in Moab. Gen 14:5. Afterward it belonged to Reuben. Num 32:37; Josh 13:19. Eusebius says it was well known in his day as a village 10 miles west of Medeba.