Bible Dictionary
Kirioth
Kirioth was a place in Moab whose palaces Amos threatened with destruction by fire. The name may simply mean “the cities.”
Definition
Kirioth was a place in Moab. Its name may mean “two cities,” though in some passages it may simply mean “the cities.”
Biblical Usage
Amos threatened the palaces of Kirioth with destruction by fire. The name also occurs in the prophetic material concerning Moab.
Historical Background
The supplied material does not provide a certain identification of the site.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary
(two cities), a place in Moab the palaces of which were threatened by Amos with destruction by fire, (Amos 2:2) unless indeed the word means simply “the cities,” which is probably the case also in (Jeremiah 48:4)