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Place · City

Kiriath-jearim

Also known as Kiriath-arim, Kiriath-baal, Jaar, Baalah, Baale-judah

Named in 15 verses across 7 books, first in Judges 18:12.

Where

Coordinates

31.7711° N, 34.9938° E

One proposed location, not an established one.

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Identification

Uncertain

The point is approximate.

The dataset’s editors marked this place as not identifiable with a known site.

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

Part of

Benjamin (Territory), Judah

Other records for this place

Baalah, Kiriath-baal, Baale-judah, Kiriath-arim, Jaar

People

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

God7 shared verses
David3 shared verses
Judah (patriarch)2 shared verses
Jacob (Israel)1 shared verse
Benjamin (patriarch)1 shared verse
Jeremiahson of Hilkiah1 shared verse
Abinadab1 shared verse
Urijahson of Shemaiah1 shared verse
Eleazarson of Abinadab1 shared verse
Shemaiah1 shared verse

In the Bible

All 1 verse in Judges, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Judges

Judges 18:12
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.

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Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

City, a city belonging to Benjamin (Josh. 18:28), the modern Kuriet el-‘Enab, i.e., “city of grapes”, about 7 1/2 miles west-north-west of Jerusalem.

In the Bible

Judges

Dictionary

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