Kirjath-jearim definition

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Kirjath-jearim
     city of jaars; i.e., of woods or forests, a Gibeonite town
     (Josh. 9:17) on the border of Benjamin, to which tribe it was
     assigned (18:15, 28). The ark was brought to this place (1 Sam.
     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 Sam. 6:2, 3, 12; 1 Chr. 15:1-29; comp. Ps. 132). It
     was also called Baalah (Josh. 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 Ps. 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_.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Kirjath-jearim, city of woods
  

















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