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Kiriath-jearim

Now Deir el Azar.

location: likely

Named in 15 tagged verses in 7 books, first at Joshua 9:17.

Kind
Settlement
Coordinates
31.81° N, 35.10° E
Nearest
Chephirah 2.5 km
People
6 people
Events
2 events
Tagged in
15 verses

Map

Kiriath-jearim is the filled marker at the centre; the 10 nearest places with a page are around it. The position follows OpenBible.info, which grades it a likely location.

People

People named in the same verses as Kiriath-jearim, most often first.

Events

2 events told in verses that name Kiriath-jearim, in the order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. 1450 BCWar with Canaanites1 shared verse
  2. 627 BCProphecies of Jeremiah1 shared verse

Mentions

15 tagged verses in 7 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Joshua6
  2. Judges1
  3. 1 Samuel3
  4. 1 Chronicles2
  5. 2 Chronicles1
  6. Nehemiah1
  7. Jeremiah1

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Every verse

All 15 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Joshua6 verses
  1. 9:17

    So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

  2. 15:9

    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. 15:60

    Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.

  4. 18:14

    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.

  5. 18:15

    On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.

  6. 18:28

    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.

Judges1 verse
  1. 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.

1 Samuel3 verses
  1. 6:21

    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.”

  2. 7:1

    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.

  3. 7:2

    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.

1 Chronicles2 verses
  1. 13:5

    So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

  2. 13:6

    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.

2 Chronicles1 verse
  1. 1:4

    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.

Nehemiah1 verse
  1. 7:29

    the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

Jeremiah1 verse
  1. 26:20

    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.

Nearby

The 10 places with a page nearest to Kiriath-jearim, by straight-line distance.

  1. Chephirah2.5 km
  2. Mount Seir3.9 km
  3. Ephron4.0 km
  4. Chesalon5.9 km
  5. Emmaus6.0 km
  6. Ataroth6.0 km
  7. Elteke7.6 km
  8. Valley of Sorek7.8 km
  9. Lower and Upper Beth-horon8.0 km
  10. Beeroth8.1 km