Kiriath-jearim Summary
STEPBible TIPNR
Kiriath-jearim, a city where the ark of the covenant resided for 20 years (1Sa 7:1-2).
Kiriath-jearim
PlaceA city where the ark resided
Names
- en Kiriath-jearim
- en Kiriath Jearim · Also called
- en Kirjath-jearim · Also called
- en Kiriath-arim · Also called
- en Kirjath-arim · Also called
- en Kiriath · Also called
- en Kirjath · Also called
- en Kiriath-baal · Also called
- en Kiriath Baal · Also called
- en Kirjath-baal · Also called
- en Baalah · Also called
- en Baale-judah · Also called
- en Baale/-judah · Also called
- en Baalah in/ Judah · Also called
- en Baale of/ Judah · Also called
- en Baalah in Judah · Also called
- en Baale of Judah · Also called
- en Jaar · Also called
- en Kiriath Arim · Also called
- en Kiriatharim · Also called
- en Kirjath Arim · Also called
- en Kirjath Baal · Also called
- en Kirjath Jearim · Also called
- he קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · H7157
- he קִרְיַת עָרִים · H7157
- he קִרְיַת · H7157
- he קִרְיַת בַּעַל · H7154
- he בַּעֲלָה · H1173I
- he בַּעֲלָה+H3063O«H3063=יְהוּדָה · H1173I
- he בַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה · H1184
- he יַ֫עַר · H3293G
- bg Кириат-Иарим
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Kiriath-jearim Article
STEPBible TIPNR
Kiriath-jearim, also referred to as Kiriath-arim, Kiriath-baal, Baalah, Baale-judah, or Jaar, was a city located on the border between the tribes of Judah and Benjamin (Joshua 15:9, 18:14-15). It was one of the four Gibeonite cities that deceived Joshua into making a treaty with them (Joshua 9:17). The ark of the covenant was brought to Kiriath-jearim after being returned by the Philistines and remained there for 20 years (1Sa.6.21, 7:1-2). David later retrieved the ark from Kiriath-jearim to bring it to Jerusalem (1Ch.13.5-6, 2Ch.1.4). The city was also the hometown of the prophet Uriah (Jeremiah 26:20). Kiriath-jearim was resettled by the descendants of Judah after the Babylonian exile (Nehemiah 7:29, Ezra 2:25).
Kirjath Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
City, a city belonging to Benjamin (Josh. 18:28), the modern Kuriet el-‘Enab, i.e., “city of grapes”, about 7 1/2 miles west-north-west of Jerusalem.
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