Jeremiah 48:23

And upon Kerioth,.... Which once belonged to the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:25; from this place Judas Iscariot is by some thought to have his name; as if it was "Ish Kerioth", "a man of Kerioth". Grotius…

Beth-meon - Meon is probably the Moabite Olympus, and thus Beth-Baal-Meon, the full name of this town Jos 13:17, would signify the place where the heavenly Baal was worshipped.

The destruction is here further prophesied of very largely and with a great copiousness and variety of expression, and very pathetically and in moving language, designed not only to awaken them by a…

Kiriathaim See on Jer 48:48.

Beth-gamul now Umm el Jemâl, S. of Medeba.

Beth-meon the B. of Num 32:36; Eze 25:9; called Beth-baal-meon in Jos 13:17 and on the Moabite stone.