Kiriath-jearim

Identified as

Deir el Azar

Certainty

Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)

Coordinates

31.809° N, 35.104° E

Kiriath-jearim· Kiriath-baal· Kirjath-baal· Kiriath-arim· Jaar· Kirjath-arim· Kirjath-Jearim

• בַּעֲלָה·Baalahmeans “her idol; she that is governed or subdued; a spouse”
• בַּעֲלָה+H3063O«H3063=יְהוּדָה·Baale-judah
• בַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה·Baale-judah
• יַ֫עַר·Jaar
• קִרְיַת בַּעַל·Kiriath-baal
• קִרְיַת יְעָרִים·Kiriath-jearim
• קִרְיַת עָרִים·Kiriath-arim

1. Joshua 9:17קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
   So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
2. Joshua 15:9בַּעֲלָה · Baalah; בַּעֲלָה+H3063O«H3063=יְהוּדָה · Baale-judah; קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
   From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
3. Joshua 15:10בַּעֲלָה · Baalah; בַּעֲלָה+H3063O«H3063=יְהוּדָה · Baale-judah
   The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
4. Joshua 15:60קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת בַּעַל · Kiriath-baal; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
   Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.
5. Joshua 18:14קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת בַּעַל · Kiriath-baal; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
   On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
6. Joshua 18:15קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
   On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.
7. Joshua 18:28קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
   Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
8. Judges 18:12קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
   They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
9. 1 Samuel 6:21קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
   So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
10. 1 Samuel 7:1קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
    Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
11. 1 Samuel 7:2קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
    And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
12. 2 Samuel 6:2בַּעֲלָה · Baalah; בַּעֲלָה+H3063O«H3063=יְהוּדָה · Baale-judah; בַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה · Baale-judah
    And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.
13. 1 Chronicles 2:50קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
    These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
14. 1 Chronicles 2:52קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
    These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim: Haroeh, half the Manahathites,
15. 1 Chronicles 2:53קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
    …and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
16. 1 Chronicles 13:5קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
    So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
17. 1 Chronicles 13:6בַּעֲלָה · Baalah; בַּעֲלָה+H3063O«H3063=יְהוּדָה · Baale-judah; קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
    David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.
18. 2 Chronicles 1:4קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
    Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
19. Ezra 2:25קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
    …the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
20. Nehemiah 7:29קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
    …the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
21. Psalm 132:6יַ֫עַר · Jaar
    We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
22. Jeremiah 26:20קִרְיַת עָרִים · Kiriath-arim; קִרְיַת יְעָרִים · Kiriath-jearim
    Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.