Shaveh Kiriathaim

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

“Shaveh Kiriathaim” means plain of the double city

Shaveh Kiriathaim: mentioned (Genesis 14:5) as the residence of the Emim at the time of Chedorlaomer's incursion. Kiriathaim is named in the later history, though it has not been identified; and Shaveh Kiriathaim was probably the valley in or by which the town lay.

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