Kiriath-jearim

Also called: Baale-judah

Name means “city of woods”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Kirjath-jearim, city of woods”

First named: Joshua 9:17

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A town where the ark of the covenant rested for twenty years after the Philistines returned it, kept in the house of Abinadab and cared for by his son Eleazar (1 Samuel 7:1-2), before David later moved it from there toward Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:2-4).

References: Joshua 9:17; 1 Samuel 6:21-7:2; 2 Samuel 6:2-4

People connected to Kiriath-jearim

Abinadab (M) — kept the ark of the covenant in his house here for about twenty years
1 Samuel 7:1-2
Ahio (M) — walked before the ark as it left his father's house here
2 Samuel 6:3-4
Eleazar (M) — consecrated to guard the ark in his father Abinadab's house here
1 Samuel 7:1

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