Chimney

CHIMNEY chim'-ni.

See HOUSE;

kin'-e-reth, kin'-e-roth (kinnereth (Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 19:35, etc.)), (kinaroth; Codex Vaticanus, Kenereth, Codex Alexandrinus, Cheneroth (Joshua 11:2)):

Taking the order in which the towns are mentioned, this city seems to have lain North of Rakkath (?Tiberias). It may have occupied the site of el-Mejdel, at the Southwest corner of the plain of Gennesaret. From this city the sea took its Old Testament name (Numbers 34:11, etc.).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CHIMNEY'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.