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Kerioth-hezron is a town in the Bible, about 49 km (30 miles) south of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 1 verse, Joshua 15:25.
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.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Kerioth-hezron is a town about 49 km (30 miles) south of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names Kerioth-hezron in 1 verse, in 1 book.