The Land of Kir is a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, where the Arameans are said to have originated. It is also the place to which Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria carried the Aramean captives after he had taken the city of Damascus and conquered the kingdom of Aram-Damascus (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; 9:7). Isaiah 22:6 mentions it together with Elam, implying an association between the two. This "Kir" is situated east of the Euprates or the Tigris River. Some scholars have supposed that Kir is a variant of Cush (Susiana), on the south of Elam. Other scholars believe that the Land of Kir is a location at Carma, an ancient city on banks of the Mardus River in modern-day Iran, or an area on the Kar River in the northern reaches of Ancient Armenia. Some Jewish scholars believe the Land of Kir to be located at Ihi Dekirah, a place east of the Euphrates River about halfway between Anah and Babylon, near HÄ«t in modern-day Iraq. They consider the liberation of Arameans from Kir to be equivalent to their westward expansion during the United Monarchy era or their ability to control Nineveh after Tiglath-Pileser I conquered them in Ihi Dekirah.
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- ^ Yoel Elitzur (2019). "Parashat Kedoshim: Kir". Yetshivat Har Etzion. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "Kir". King James Bible Dictionary. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- "Kir - Smith's Bible Dictionary". Christianity.com. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- "Kir Definition and Meaning". Bible Study Tools. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- W.T. Pitard, Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception vol. 2, De Gruyter, 2009, pg. 638
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