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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Kirjath-huzoth (Kiriath-huzoth)
Balak, king of Moab, met Balaam in this town, "city of streets," after sending to the Euphrates to have him curse Israel. It lay near the high places where Balaam later looked down on the camp.
Balak, king of Moab, met Balaam in this town, "city of streets," after sending to the Euphrates to have him curse Israel. It lay near the high places where Balaam later looked down on the camp.
A Moabite town, "city of streets," where King Balak met and entertained Balaam after summoning him from the Euphrates region to curse Israel (Numbers 22:39). It stood near the high places from which Balaam later viewed the Israelite camp, and is generally placed in the plains of Moab near Kirjathaim.
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- Numbers 22:39
