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; Amos 1:5; 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.
Place
Kir
- Name means
- a city; wall; meeting
- Location
- 31.181°N, 35.702°E
- Mentioned
- 5 verses
About Kir
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Nearby
Every mention
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.