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Kerioth - location profile

Location and Setting

• The Bible mentions two cities by this name: Kerioth of Judah and Kerioth of Moab. The Judean Kerioth was situated fourteen miles south of Hebron and sixteen miles west of the Dead Sea.
• Kerioth is also referred to as Kerioth-hezron or Hazor (Josh 15:25), but not the Hazor located north of the Sea of Galilee.

Historical and Biblical Significance

• By the first century A.D., the Romans had named the region south of Judea, Idumea, the Latin form of Edom. In the preceding period, the Nabateans, a nomadic tribe from the east, had driven the Edomites (descendants of Esau) from their homeland on the east side of the Arabah (between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba). The Edomites fled westward and settled in the Negev.
• Since Judas Iscariot (ish means "man of") apparently came from Kerioth, a city in this region, it is likely that he was a descendant of Esau.

Bibliography

1. Lockyer, Sr., Herbert, ed. Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1986.
2. Scott, J.B. "Kerioth" The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. Ed. Merrill C. Tenney. 5 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1976.
3. Thompson, J.A. "Kerioth" The New Bible Dictionary. 2^nd ed. Ed. J.D. Douglas. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1982.