Kirjathjearim

(the city of forests), first mentioned as one of the four cities of the Gibeonites, (Joshua 9:17) it next occurs as one of the landmarks of the northern boundary of Judah, ch (Joshua 15:9) and as the point at which the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin coincided, ch. (Joshua 18:14,15) and in the last two passages we find that it bore another, perhaps earlier, name --that of the great Canaanite deity Baal, namely BAALAH and KIRJATH-BAAL. At this place the ark remained for twenty years. (1 Samuel 7:2) At the close of that time Kirjath-jearim lost its sacred treasure, on its removal by David to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. (1 Chronicles 13:5,6; 2 Chronicles 1:4; 2 Samuel 6:2) etc. To Eusebius and Jerome it appears to have been well known. They describe it as a village at the ninth mile between Jerusalem and Diospolis (Lydda). These requirements are exactly fulfilled in the small modern village of Kuriet-el-Enab --now usually known as Abu Gosh , from the robber chief whose headquarters it was --on the road from Jaffa and Jerusalem.

City of jaars; i.e., of woods or forests, a Gibeonite town (Joshua 9:17) on the border of Benjamin, to which tribe it was assigned (18:15, 28). The ark was brought to this place (1 Samuel 7:1, 2) from Beth-shemesh and put in charge of Abinadab, a Levite. Here it remained till it was removed by David to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:2, 3, 12; 1 Chronicles 15:1-29; Comp. Psalm 132). It was also called Baalah (Joshua 15:9) and Kirjath-baal (60). It has been usually identified with Kuriet el-`Enab (i.e., "city of grapes"), among the hills, about 8 miles north-east of `Ain Shems (i.e., Beth-shemesh). The opinion, however, that it is to be identified with `Erma, 4 miles east of `Ain Shems, on the edge of the valley of Sorek, seems to be better supported. (see KIRJATH.)

The words of Psalm 132:6, "We found it in the fields of the wood," refer to the sojourn of the ark at Kirjath-jearim. "Wood" is here the rendering of the Hebrew word jaar, which is the singular of jearim.

The Destruction that came Upon the Philistines, and Upon
... senate of the Israelites, and informed them that the ark was restored by the
Philistines; which when they knew, they brought it away to Kirjathjearim, a city ...
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The Expedition of the Philistines against the Hebrews and the ...
... 1. Now while the city of Kirjathjearim had the ark with them, the whole body of
the people betook themselves all that time to offer prayers and sacrifices to ...
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That when David had Conquered the Philistines who Made War against ...
... their age out of all his countrymen, and out of the whole land, and withal for the
priests and the Levites, in order to their going to Kirjathjearim, to bring ...
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Kirjathjearim (17 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Kirjathjearim (17 Occurrences). ... Now their cities were
Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim. (KJV). ...
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Kirjathbaal (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Kirjathbaal (2 Occurrences). Joshua 15:60 Kirjathbaal,
which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: (KJV). ...
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Mahanehdan (1 Occurrence)
... Judges 18:12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore
they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind ...
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Kirjath-jearim (17 Occurrences)
Kirjath-jearim. Kirjathjearim, Kirjath-jearim. Kirjathsannah . Easton's Bible
Dictionary ... Kirjathjearim, Kirjath-jearim. Kirjathsannah . Reference Bible
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Pitched (101 Occurrences)
... Judges 18:12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore
they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind ...
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Drawn (131 Occurrences)
... unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount
Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim: (KJV JPS WBS ...
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Zareathite (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Chronicles 2:53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites,
and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and ...
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Zareathites (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Chronicles 2:53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites,
and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and ...
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Kiriath-jearim (17 Occurrences)
... kir-i-ath je'-a-rim, kir-i-ath je-a'-rim (qiryath-ye`-arim, "city of thickets";
Septuagint he polis Iareim; the King James Version Kirjathjearim): One of the ...
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Kirjath-huzoth (1 Occurrence)
Kirjath-huzoth. Kirjathhuzoth, Kirjath-huzoth. Kirjathjearim . Easton's Bible
Dictionary ... (DBY WBS YLT). Kirjathhuzoth, Kirjath-huzoth. Kirjathjearim . ...
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