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Nave Topical Bible
• Kir-Haraseth
• Kir
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Kir
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Kir-Haraseth
• Kir of Moab
• Kir
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Kir
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Kir-Heres
• Kir-Haresh
• Kir-Hareseth
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Hitchcock Bible Names
• Kir
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Kir-Hareseth
• Kir (1)
• Kir
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Kir of Moab, Kirharaseth, , Kirharesh, Kirheres
• Kir
People's Bible Dictionary
• Kir-Haraseth
• Kir
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Kir-haraseth
• Kir of Moab
• Kir
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Kir-Sheher
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Kir
• Kir of Moab
• Kir-Hareseth; Kir-Heres
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Kir
• Kir-Haresh
• Kir-Moab
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Kir
• Kir-Haraseth
• Kir-Moab
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Abou`kir
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Kir
Lexicons
• קִיר , קִיר
• חֲרֶשֶׂת חֲרֶשֶׁת, קִיר־חֶרֶשׂ, , קִיר חֲרֶשֶׁת

A people and country subject to the Assyrian empire. In 2 Kings 16:9 and Amos 1:5, 9:7, Kir is mentioned as the place whither the Syrians went before they settled in the regions north of Palestine, and to which Tiglath-pileser sent the prisoners after the conquest of Damascus. In Isaiah 22:6 Kir is mentioned in connection with Elam: "And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield." The Septuagint translates the last clause συναγωγή παρατάξηως, omitting "Kir" altogether and taking for , hence συναγωγή. Hitherto it has not been possible to identify the place.