Kir of Moab Isaiah 15:1. The two strongholds of Moab were Ar and Kir, which latter is probably the Kir-haraseth (Isaiah 16:7) following.
Kir - a wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; 9:7). Isaiah (22:6) mentions it along with Elam. Some have supposed that Kir is a variant of Cush (Susiana), on the south of Elam.[1]
This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.