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kē´ri - oth - hez´ron ( קריות חצרון , ḳerı̄yōth ḥecrōn ; Joshua 15:25 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.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Kerioth-Hezron'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/k/kerioth-hezron.html. 1915.

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