A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:25). Judas the traitor was probably a native of this place, and hence his name Iscariot. It has been identified with the ruins of el-Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron.
City
Kerioth-hezron
- Location
- 31.162°N, 35.057°E · rough
- Mentioned
- 1 verse
About Kerioth-hezron
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Nearby
Every mention
Joshua
15:25
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.