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](/2kgs#2Kgs.16.9); [Amos 1:5](/amos#Amos.1.5); [9:7](/amos#Amos.9.7)). Isaiah (22:6), who also was contemporary with these events, mentions it along with Elam. Some have supposed that Kir is a variant of Cush (Susiana), on the south of Elam.