קִרְיַת יְעָרִים

qir.yat ye.a.rim

Hebrew H7157 Place name 39 occurrences in 19 verses
קִרְיַת יְעָרִים Kiriath-jearim

§ Kirjath-jearim = "city of forests"

a city on the northern boundary of Judah and on the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin

also 'Kirjath-baal' and 'Baalah'

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Concordance 19 verses

  1. Joshua 9:17 וְקִרְיַ֥תיְעָרִֽים׃

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

  2. Joshua 15:9 קִרְיַ֥תיְעָרִֽים׃

    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. Joshua 15:60 קִרְיַ֥תיְעָרִ֖ים

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

  4. Joshua 18:14 קִרְיַ֣תיְעָרִ֔ים

    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. Joshua 18:15 קִרְיַ֣תיְעָרִ֑ים

    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. Joshua 18:28 קִרְיַ֔ת

    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.

  7. Judges 18:12 בְּקִרְיַ֥תיְעָרִ֖יםקִרְיַ֥תיְעָרִֽים׃

    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.

  8. 1 Samuel 6:21 קִרְיַת־יְעָרִ֖ים

    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.”

  9. 1 Samuel 7:1 קִרְיַ֣תיְעָרִ֗ים

    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.

  10. 1 Samuel 7:2 בְּקִרְיַ֣תיְעָרִ֔ים

    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 mourned and sought after the LORD.

  11. 1 Chronicles 2:50 קִרְיַ֥תיְעָרִֽים׃

    These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

  12. 1 Chronicles 2:52 קִרְיַ֣תיְעָרִ֑ים

    These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim: Haroeh, half the Manahathites,

  13. 1 Chronicles 2:53 קִרְיַ֣תיְעָרִ֔ים

    and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

  14. 1 Chronicles 13:5 מִקִּרְיַ֖תיְעָרִֽים׃

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

  15. 1 Chronicles 13:6 קִרְיַ֥תיְעָרִ֖ים

    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.

  16. 2 Chronicles 1:4 מִקִּרְיַ֣תיְעָרִ֔ים

    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.

  17. Ezra 2:25 קִרְיַ֤תעָרִים֙

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

  18. Nehemiah 7:29 קִרְיַ֤תיְעָרִים֙

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

  19. Jeremiah 26:20 מִקִּרְיַ֖תהַיְּעָרִ֑ים

    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.

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