Kir

      Kir

      meaning: a city; wall; meeting

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    Dictionary Summary: A wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus ([2 Kings 16:9](/2kgs#2Kgs.16.9); [Amos 1:5](/amos#Amos.1.5); [9:7](/amos#Amos.9.7)). Isaiah (22:6), who also was contemporary with these events, mentions it along with Elam. Some have supposed that Kir is a variant of Cush (Susiana), on the south of Elam. 2

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    2Kgs
      16.9 
    Isa
      15.1 22.6 
    Amos
      1.5 9.7 

    Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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        Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.