Kirjath-jearim in the Bible

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Kirjath-jearim in the Bible

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At a glance

  • Name: Kirjath-jearim
  • Classification: Place
  • Testament: Old Testament
  • Verse mentions: 17
  • Books: 7
  • Chapters: 11

Description

Town where the Ark of the Covenant was kept, mentioned in Joshua and 1 Samuel.

KJV Bible references

Joshua 9:17

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 18:15

And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:

Judges 18:12

And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.

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 Samuel 7:2

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long: for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after 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 2:52

And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.

1 Chronicles 2:53

And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

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.

Nehemiah 7:29

The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.

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:

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