KIRJATHAIM (kirrja-tha'im), (Heb. In117,17. keer-yaw-thah'yint, double town).
One of the most ancient towns in the coun try east of the Jordan, as it was possessed by the gigantic Emim (Gen. xiv :5), who were ex pelled by the Moabites (Deut. :9, to), who in their turn were dispossessed by the Amorites, from whom it was taken by the Israelites. Kirjathaim was then assigned to Reuben (Num. xxxii :37 ; Josh. xiii :19). But during the Assyrian exile, the Moabites again took possession of this and other towns ( Jer. xlviii :1-23; Ezek. xxv : 9). Eusebius places it about half an hour west of the ruins of Medeba. Burckhardt found other ruins, called El Tuns, which he conjectures to have been Kirialhaim, the last syllable of the name being retained. This is somewhat doubtful, as the Kaptdba (Kaptdea) of Eusebius is placed ten tniles west of Medeba, whereas El Teytn is but two miles. Harper and others identihed it with the ruins of El Kfireiyat, between Medeba and Dibon.
2. There was another place of this name in the tribe of Naphtali (1 Chron. vi :76).
(Heb. 1-1:7 keer-yath' ar-bah', city of Arbah), the an cient name of Hebron, but still in use in the time of Nehemiah (xi:25). (See HEBRON.) that the ancient Kirjatli-jearim may be recognized in the present Kuriet-el-Enab.
(2) Name and Position. So close a corre spondence of name and position seems to war rant the conclusion of Dr. Robinson in favor of Kuriet-el-Enab. This place is that which ecclesi astical tradition has identified with the Anathoth of Jeremiah, which Dr. Robinson refers to' Anat: (see ANATI10111). II is now a poor village, its principal buildings being an old convent of the inorites, and a Latin church. The latter is now deserted, but not in ruins, and is said to be one of the largest and most solidly constructed churches in Palestine (Robinson, ii, toy; 334-337). Gonder argues for the ruins 'Erma, xi miles west by south of Jerusalem,and two and a quarter south by west of Kesla. But contrary to his opinion Josh. xv :to is surely against the location pro