Place · City
Kerioth-hezron
- Coordinates
- 31.1623, 35.0571 · rough
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:25). Judas the traitor was probably a native of this place, and hence his name Iscariot. It has been identified with the ruins of el-Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron.