Search Results for "Jer.48.24"

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be'-zer (betser; Bosor, "strong"): ⇒See a list of verses on BEZER in the Bible. (1) A city of refuge, set apart by Moses for the Reubenites and located in the "plain country" (or table-land, Mishor) East of the Jordan, later assigned to this tribe by Joshua (De 4:43; Jos 20:8). The same city was...

boz'-ra (botsrah, "sheepfold"; Bosorrha, Bosor): ⇒See a list of verses on BOZRAH in the Bible. (1) The capital of Edom, a city of great antiquity (Ge 36:33; 1Ch 1:44; Isa 34:6; 63:1; Jer 49:13; Am 1:12). It may be identical with Buceirah, which lies about 7 miles Southwest of Tufileh, on the mai...

ke'-ri-oth, -oth (qeriyoth): ⇒See a list of verses on KERIOTH in the Bible. (1) A city of Moab, named with Beth-meon and Bozrah (Jer 48:24,41). Here was a sanctuary of Chemosh, to which Mesha says (M S, l. 13) he dragged "the altar hearths of Davdoh." It may possibly be represented by the modern...

A monument erected at Dibon (Dhiban) by Mesha, king of Moab (2Ki 3:4-5), to commemorate his successful revolt from Israel and his conquest of Israelite territory. It was discovered, August 19, 1868, by a German missionary, V. Klein, who unfortunately took neither copy nor squeeze of it. It was 3 ft....