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In Search of Kir Hareseth: a Case Study in Site Identification

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The Moabite city Kir Hareseth has long been identified with Kerak, a site 18 miles south of the Wadi Mujib on the east side of the Dead Sea. This identification dates back to C. Vitringa's 1714 commentary on Isaiah, and is based primarily on the Targum rendering of Kir Moab in Isa. 15.1 as karakka demoab and the equation of Kir Moab and Kir Hareseth. A close examination of the Targum evidence, however, does not bear out this identification. Tne best evidence for locating the city is the implication of the Isaiah/Jeremiah poem that the city is located somewhere north of the Mujib in the area of Heshbon, Ele-alah, Sibmah and Jazer.

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