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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Kir-haraseth (Kir of Moab)
Moab's fortress capital, modern Kerak in Jordan. When Mesha of Moab rebelled after Ahab died, Israel, Judah and Edom besieged him there, and he sacrificed his own son on the wall, which ended the siege. His own account of the revolt survives on the Moabite Stone, found in 1868.
Moab's fortress capital, modern Kerak in Jordan. When Mesha of Moab rebelled after Ahab died, Israel, Judah and Edom besieged him there, and he sacrificed his own son on the wall, which ended the siege. His own account of the revolt survives on the Moabite Stone, found in 1868.
Kir-haraseth, also called Kir-heres or Kir-hareseth and identified with modern Kerak in Jordan, was the fortress capital of Moab. When King Mesha of Moab rebelled against Israel after Ahab's death, the combined armies of Israel, Judah, and Edom besieged him there, driving him to sacrifice his own son on the city wall in a desperate act that ended the siege (2 Kings 3:25-27). Mesha's own account of his revolt survives on the Moabite Stone, a black basalt inscription discovered in 1868 that corroborates the biblical narrative of Moab's struggle against Israelite rule. Isaiah and Jeremiah both lament the city's fall in their oracles against Moab (Isaiah 16:7-11; Jeremiah 48:31-36).
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- 2 Kings 3:25
- Isaiah 16:7
- Isaiah 16:11
- Jeremiah 48:31
- Jeremiah 48:36
