Kerioth

Kair´ee-oth; Kirioth, Amos 2:2

1 A town in the mountains of Idumea, west of the southern shore of the Dead Sea, the Kirioth-hezron of (Josh 15:25). 2 A city in Moab (Jer 48:24; Jer 48:41). Numerous sites have been proposed by modern archaeologists. It may have been a royal city of some sort, as (Amos 2:2) refers to its royal palaces.