Kirjath-jearim

Town or city mentioned in 19 verses of the Bible, most often in Joshua.

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Where it appears

Joshua (6), 1 Chronicles (5), 1 Samuel (3), Judges (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Jeremiah (1)

Key verses

• Joshua 9:17 first mention — And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
• Joshua 15:9 — And the border was drawn from the top of the hill 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 Kirjath-jearim:
• Joshua 15:60 — Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
• Joshua 18:14 — And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
• Joshua 18:28 — And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
• 1 Samuel 6:21 — And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
• 1 Samuel 7:1 — And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
• 1 Chronicles 2:50 — These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
• 1 Chronicles 13:5 — So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.
• 1 Chronicles 13:6 — And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
• 2 Chronicles 1:4 — But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 26:20 — And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

Nearby places

• Baalah 0 km
• Chephirah 2 km
• Ephron 4 km
• Emmaus 6 km
• Beeroth 8 km
• Ajalon 8 km
• Upper Beth-horon 9 km
• Gibeon 9 km

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