Bible Location

Kiriathaim

5 cross references · Modern-day map available

Kiriathaim was a town east of the Jordan in the plateau region later contested between Israel and Moab. It is important because it appears in Reuben's inheritance and later in prophetic descriptions of Moab's collapse. First appears in Num 32:37.1

Coordinates

31.58, 35.70

First appears

Num 32:37

AI summary: Kiriathaim sits within the long-contested transjordanian landscape where possession shifted over time. In the early territorial texts it belongs to the Reubenite pattern of settlement, but the prophets later speak of it as one of the proud cities of Moab. That movement from Israelite allotment to Moabite association reflects the instability of the eastern plateau. The cross references present Kiriathaim as a borderland town whose significance lies in contested identity and prophetic judgment.1

Latitude

31.58

Longitude

35.70

Bible references

5