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(Heb. Shaveh' Kiryatha'yim, ùָׁåֵä ÷øַéָúָéַ í , plain of the double city; Sept. Óáõή ὴ ðüëéò ), a plain at or near the city of Kiriathaim, occupied by the Emim at the time of Chedorlaomer's invasion (Gen_14:5). Schwarz finds the town (which is known to have been located east of the Jordan) in. the ruins of Kiriat, one and a half mile southwest from Mount Atara (Palest. p. 228), and the dale, or Shaveh (q.v.), must have been in the immediate vicinity. SEE KIRJATHAIM.