The Definition of the word Kirjath-arba

Kirjath-arba

Two cities; a double city. (1.) A city of refuge in Naphtali (1 Chr. 6:76). "(2.) A town on the east of Jordan (Gen. 14:5; Deut. 2:9, 10). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:37). In the time of Ezekiel (25:9) it was one of the four cities which formed the "glory of Moab (comp. Jer. 48:1, 23). It has been identified" "with el-Kureiyat, 11 miles south-west of Medeba, on the south" "slope of Jebel Attarus, the ancient Ataroth."