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Kartan

kar'-tan (double city)
RELATED: Kartah, Kiriathaim, Naphtali

Easton's Bible Dictionary

double city, A town of Naphali, assigned to the Gershonite Levites, and one of the cities of refuge ( Joshua 21:32 ). It was probably near the north-western shore of the Sea of Tiberias, identical with the ruined village el-Katanah.

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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

(double city)

A city of Naphtali, allotted to the Gershonite Levites. ( Joshua 21:32 ) in the parallel list of ( 1 Chronicles 6:1 ) the name appears, ver ( 1 Chronicles 6:76 ) in the more expanded form of KIRJATHAIM.

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kar'-tan (qartan):

A city in the territory of Naphtali, given to the Gershonite Levites (Joshua 21:32). It is called Kiriathaim in 1 Chronicles 6:76. Kartan may be a contraction of this. Cheyne (EB, under the word) suggests that both names may be corruptions from "Chinnereth." Neither is mentioned in Joshua 19:32 , 38 , in the list of Naphtalite cities, while Chinnereth is.

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