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Kirjath-Jearim

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Kirjath-jearim (kir'jath-jç'a-rĭm), R. V., kiriath-jearim, the city of woods. One of the four cities of the Gibeonites, Joshua 9:17, situated on the border of Judah and Benjamin, Joshua 15:9; Joshua 18:14-15, but belonging to Judah, Joshua 15:60; Judges 18:12; was also called Baalah, Joshua 15:9-10, or Baale of Judah, 2 Samuel 6:2, or Kirjath-baal. Hither the ark was brought from Beth-shemesh, 1 Samuel 6:21; 1 Samuel 7:1-2, and here it remained until it was removed by David. 1 Chronicles 13:5; 2 Chronicles 1:4. The prophet Urijah, who was put to death by Jehoiakim, Jeremiah 26:20, was born here, and after the captivity the people of the city returned in numbers to it. Nehemiah 7:29.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Kirjath-Jearim'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​k/kirjath-jearim.html. 1893.
 
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