Biblical place
Where was Kir?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Kerak.
First appears in Isaiah 15:1 · 1 books · 1 chapters
Overview
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). Modern identification: Kerak.
Kir is represented in the local geography layer as Kerak. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Isaiah 15:1 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.
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Where it sits on the map
How to get to Kir today
Travel to Kir, the modern-day Kerak.
Kir is commonly identified with Kerak, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.
Kir is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.
This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.
Key passages
Appears in
1 chapter · 1 verse mention