Biblical place
Where was Kerioth?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Al Qurayyat.
First appears in Jeremiah 48:24 · 2 books · 2 chapters
Overview
Cities. (1. ) 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. Modern identification: Al Qurayyat.
Kerioth is represented in the local geography layer as Al Qurayyat. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Jeremiah 48:24 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.