Places in the Bible › Kir-haraseth
Kir-haraseth
Town or city mentioned in 5 verses of the Bible, most often in Isaiah.
Where it appears
Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), 2 Kings (1)
Key verses
- 2 Kings 3:25 first mention — And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
- Isaiah 16:7 — Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
- Isaiah 16:11 — Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.
- Jeremiah 48:31 — Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.
- Jeremiah 48:36 — Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
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