Kirjath-huzoth
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Kirjath-huzoth - city of streets, , a Moabite
city, which some identify with Kirjathaim
. Balak
here received and entertained Balaam
, whom he had invited from Pethor, among the "mountains of the east," beyond the Euphrates
, to lay his ban upon the Israelite
s, whose progress he had no hope otherwise of arresting. It was probably from the summit of Attarus, the high place near the city, that the soothsayer first saw the encampments of Israel
.
Moabite
Moabite may refer to:*a person from Moab, the former country of the Moabite people, currently located in the area of Jordan east of the Dead Sea*the Moabite language, an extinct Canaanite dialect once spoken in Moab...
city, which some identify with Kirjathaim
Kirjathaim
Kirjathaim - two cities; a double city.#A city of refuge in Naphtali .#A town on the east of Jordan . It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben . In the time of it was one of the four cities which formed the "glory of Moab" . It has been identified with el-Kureiyat, 11 miles south-west of Medeba, on...
. Balak
Balak
Balak was king of Moab around 1200 BC. According to Book of Numbers 22:2, and the Book of Joshua 24:9, Zippor was the father of Balak.Book of Revelation 2:12 - 2:14 says about Balak:...
here received and entertained Balaam
Balaam
Balaam is a diviner in the Torah, his story occurring towards the end of the Book of Numbers. The etymology of his name is uncertain, and discussed below. Every ancient reference to Balaam considers him a non-Israelite, a prophet, and the son of Beor, though Beor is not so clearly identified...
, whom he had invited from Pethor, among the "mountains of the east," beyond the Euphrates
Euphrates
The Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia...
, to lay his ban upon the Israelite
Israelite
According to the Bible the Israelites were a Hebrew-speaking people of the Ancient Near East who inhabited the Land of Canaan during the monarchic period .The word "Israelite" derives from the Biblical Hebrew ישראל...
s, whose progress he had no hope otherwise of arresting. It was probably from the summit of Attarus, the high place near the city, that the soothsayer first saw the encampments of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
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