Kir of Moab . The two strongholds of Moab

Moab

Moab is the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in Jordan. The land lies alongside much of the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The existence of the Kingdom of Moab is attested to by numerous archeological findings, most notably the Mesha Stele, which describes the Moabite victory over...

 were Ar

Ar (city)

Ar is mentioned in the Bible several times as a city of ancient Moab . While the exact location is unknown, it was likely in the southern part of the Arnon Valley...

 and Kir, which latter is probably the Kir-haraseth  following.

Kir - a wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser

Tiglath-Pileser

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 carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus

Damascus

Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...

 (2 Kings 16:9; Amos

Amos

-First name:* Amos , one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible**Book of Amos, his writings* Amos, son of Nephi and his son Amos, two minor figures in the Book of Mormon...

 1:5; 9:7). Isaiah

Isaiah

Isaiah ; Greek: ', Ēsaïās ; "Yahu is salvation") was a prophet in the 8th-century BC Kingdom of Judah.Jews and Christians consider the Book of Isaiah a part of their Biblical canon; he is the first listed of the neviim akharonim, the later prophets. Many of the New Testament teachings of Jesus...

 (22:6) mentions it along with Elam

Elam

Elam was an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran. Elam was centered in the far west and the southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Khuzestan and Ilam Province, as well as a small part of southern Iraq...

. Some have supposed that Kir is a variant of Cush (Susiana), on the south of Elam.