Kirjath-Jearim
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Kirjath-Jearim

city of woods

Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.

Strong's Hebrew
7157. Qiryath Yearim -- "city of forests," a city given to Judah ...
... Kiriath-jearim (18). Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim. Or (Jer.
26:20) with the article interposed; or (Josh. 18:28) simply ...
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Repentance and victory
... THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL REPENTANCE AND VICTORY. 'And the men of Kirjath-jearim
came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/repentance and victory.htm

Three Decisive Steps
... At the [37]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. On Lord's-day Evening, March 8th,
1891. "And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/three decisive steps.htm

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 ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 the destruction that.htm

The King --Continued.
... Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God, and to whom shall He go up from
us?" It had been removed to the forest seclusion of Kirjath-jearim (the city of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/xi the kingcontinued.htm

The Image of Self.
... There is one more! "Whose is this image?" It is that of David bringing the ark
from Kirjath-jearim, and playing his harp and dancing before it. ...
/.../the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/lx the image of self.htm

Importance of Small Things in Religion
... The ark was then removed to Kirjath-jearim, and taken into the house of Abinadab,
where it was preserved till the days of David, who desired to bring it up to ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/importance of small things in.htm

Religious Zeal.
... One of the first things he did after he was anointed King over Israel, was to go
to Kirjath-jearim, and bring up thence the ark of God from the house of ...
/.../the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/lxv religious zeal.htm

Nathan Reproving the King.
... He had brought the ark from Kirjath-jearim, and placed it in the tabernacle prepared
for it at Jerusalem, and he now reigned over all the people of Israel and ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/nathan reproving the king.htm

Every Inch a King.
... It had been in the house of Abinadab in Kirjath-Jearim for seventy years, ever
since it was sent home by the Philistines who captured it. ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxiii every inch a.htm

The Ark of the House of Obed-Edom
... So the villagers were as eager to get rid of the ark as they had been to welcome
it, and they passed it on to the little city of Kirjath-jearim,'the city of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the ark of the house.htm

Thesaurus
Kirjathjearim (17 Occurrences)
... the ark at Kirjath-jearim. "Wood" is here the rendering of the Hebrew word jaar,
which is the singular of jearim. Multi-Version Concordance Kirjathjearim (17 ...
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Kirjath-jearim (17 Occurrences)
Kirjath-jearim. Kirjathjearim, Kirjath-jearim. Kirjathsannah . Easton's Bible
Dictionary ... Kirjathjearim, Kirjath-jearim. Kirjathsannah . Reference Bible
/k/kirjath-jearim.htm - 13k

Mahanehdan (1 Occurrence)
... of Dan" 13:25 (RV, "Mahaneh-dan"), a place behind (ie, west of) Kirjath-jearim,
where the ... Judges 18:12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah ...
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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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Kirjath-baal (2 Occurrences)
... Kirjath-baal (2 Occurrences). Joshua 15:60 Kirjath-Baal, that is, Kirjath-jearim,
and Rabbah: two cities and their hamlets. (DBY WBS YLT). ...
/k/kirjath-baal.htm - 7k

Ephratah (5 Occurrences)
... he never saw it till he found it long afterwards at Kirjath-jearim; ie, the ... the son
of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim. ...
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Urijah (29 Occurrences)
... (3.) A prophet of Kirjath-jearim in the ... was also a man that prophesied in the name
of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied ...
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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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Kirjath-jearim (17 Occurrences)

Joshua 9:17
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day; and their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
(DBY WBS YLT)

Joshua 15:9
and the border reached along from the top of the mountain toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out toward the cities of mount Ephron; and the border reached along to Baalah, that is, Kirjath-jearim;
(DBY WBS YLT)

Joshua 15:60
Kirjath-Baal, that is, Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah: two cities and their hamlets.
(DBY WBS YLT)

Joshua 18:14
And the border reached along and turned on the west side, southward from the hill that is before Beth-horon southward; and ended at Kirjath-Baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this is the west side.
(DBY WBS YLT)

Joshua 18:15
And the south side was from the extreme end of Kirjath-jearim, And the border went out on the west, And went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
(DBY YLT)

Judges 18:12
And they went up, and encamped in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan to this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
(WBS YLT)

1 Samuel 6:21
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of Jehovah; come down, fetch it up to you.
(DBY WBS YLT)

1 Samuel 7:1
And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and hallowed Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.
(DBY WBS YLT)

1 Samuel 7:2
And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.
(DBY WBS YLT)

1 Chronicles 2:50
These are the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah: Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
(DBY WBS YLT)

1 Chronicles 2:52
And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, Hazi-Hammenuhoth.
(DBY WBS YLT)

1 Chronicles 2:53
And the families of Kirjath-jearim were the Jithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zoreathites and the Eshtaolites.
(DBY WBS YLT)

1 Chronicles 13:5
And David assembled all Israel from the Shihor of Egypt unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.
(DBY WBS YLT)

1 Chronicles 13:6
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, of Jehovah, who sitteth between the cherubim, whose name is placed there.
(DBY WBS YLT)

2 Chronicles 1:4
But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had spread a tent for it at Jerusalem.
(DBY WBS YLT)

Nehemiah 7:29
The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
(DBY WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 26:20
And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim: and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah;
(DBY WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Kirjath-Jearim

Kirjath-Jearim in the Territory Allotted to Judah

Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Baal

Kirjath-Jearim: David Brings the Ark of the Covenant From

Kirjath-Jearim: Inhabitants of

Kirjath-Jearim: Inhabitants of, Who Were Taken Into Captivity to Babylon, Returned

Kirjath-Jearim: The Ark of the Covenant Remains for Twenty Years At

Kirjath-Jearim: The Philistines Bring the Ark of the Covenant To

Kirjath-Jearim: Urijah, the Prophet, an Inhabitant of

Related Terms

Kirjath-jearim (17 Occurrences)

Mahanehdan (1 Occurrence)

Kirjathbaal (2 Occurrences)

Kirjath-baal (2 Occurrences)

Ephratah (5 Occurrences)

Urijah (29 Occurrences)

Pitched (101 Occurrences)

Drawn (131 Occurrences)

Zareathite (1 Occurrence)

Zoreathites (2 Occurrences)

Zareathites (1 Occurrence)

Zereathites (1 Occurrence)

Kir'iath-je'arim (18 Occurrences)

Kiriath-jearim (17 Occurrences)

Kirjath-huzoth (1 Occurrence)

Kiriathjearim

Kirjathsannah (1 Occurrence)

Uzzah (10 Occurrences)

Obed-edom (16 Occurrences)

Obededom (15 Occurrences)

Jithrites (1 Occurrence)

Wail (50 Occurrences)

Inhabiting (23 Occurrences)

Hazor (19 Occurrences)

Extreme (11 Occurrences)

Eshtaol (7 Occurrences)

Eleazar (74 Occurrences)

Eshtaulite (1 Occurrence)

Eshtaulites (1 Occurrence)

Mahaneh-dan (2 Occurrences)

Menuhothite (2 Occurrences)

Manahethites (2 Occurrences)

Prophesieth (13 Occurrences)

Perez-uzzah (1 Occurrence)

Puhites (1 Occurrence)

Perezuzzah (1 Occurrence)

Puhite (1 Occurrence)

Baalah (5 Occurrences)

Baale (1 Occurrence)

Compassed (52 Occurrences)

Assembleth (9 Occurrences)

Ahijah (23 Occurrences)

Abinadab (12 Occurrences)

Ark (212 Occurrences)

Hazi-hammenuhoth (1 Occurrence)

Chronicles (45 Occurrences)

Gibeon (39 Occurrences)

Cherubs (52 Occurrences)

Shemai'ah (38 Occurrences)

Uri'ah (32 Occurrences)

Goings (42 Occurrences)

Limits (69 Occurrences)

Multiplied (109 Occurrences)

Corner (60 Occurrences)

Fetch (45 Occurrences)

Prophesying (58 Occurrences)

Fountain (57 Occurrences)

Lieth (135 Occurrences)

David (1052 Occurrences)

Hemath (3 Occurrences)

Hamlets (38 Occurrences)

Reached (152 Occurrences)

Height (109 Occurrences)

Dwelleth (142 Occurrences)

Thence (152 Occurrences)

Entering (124 Occurrences)

Bethhoron (12 Occurrences)

Stretched (234 Occurrences)

Hill-country (85 Occurrences)

Hill (217 Occurrences)

Hallowed (86 Occurrences)

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