International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Kerioth-Hezron

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Kerioth-Hezron


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kē´ri-oth-hez´ron (קריות חצרון, ḳerı̄yōth ḥecrōn; says, “The same is Hazor”; the King James Version “Kerioth and Hezron which is Hazor”): One of the cities in the “south” of Judah. Robinson (BR, II, 101) identifies it with the ruined site of Kuryatain, 4 1/2 miles North of Tell ‛Arād. It has been suggested that Kerioth was the birth place of JUDAS ISCARIOT (which see). Compare KERIOTH, 2.