Bible Encyclopedias
Jaar

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jā´ar ( יער , ya‛ar , "forest" or "wood"): Is only once taken as a proper name ( Psalm 132:6 the Revised Version margin), "We found it in the field of Jaar." It may be a shortened form of the name Kiriath-jearim, where the ark had rested 20 years. See KIRIATH-JEARIM .

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Jaar'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​j/jaar.html. 1915.