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Place

Kir

Kir, also known as Mizpeh, was a Moabite city that faced destruction by the Babylonians (<ref="Isaiah 15:1; Jeremiah 48:1">Isaiah 15:1; Jeremiah 48:1, 23</ref>).

Named in 7 verses across 4 books of the Bible.

Every verse

1 Samuel 22:3And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

2 Kings 3:25And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

Isaiah 15:1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;

Isaiah 16:7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

Isaiah 16:11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.

Jeremiah 48:31Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.

Jeremiah 48:36Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.

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Kir of 1 Samuel 22:3 — place in the Bible