KIR

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EASTON'S
BIBLE DICTIONARY

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). (Isaiah 22:6), who also was contemporary with these events, mentions it along with Elam. Some have supposed that Kir is a variant of Cush (Susiana), on the south of Elam.

The inhabitants of Damascus carried into captivity to, by the king of Assyria
2 Kings 16:9

Prophecies concerning
Isaiah 22:6;
Amos 1:5; 9:7

TORREY'S
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