Bible Location
2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Kiriath-baal is another name for Kiriath-jearim, the town on Judah's northern border. It is important because it preserves an older naming layer later superseded in Israel's memory. First appears in Josh 15:60.1
Coordinates
31.77, 34.99
First appears
Josh 15:60
AI summary: Kiriath-baal matters because place-names can show the religious and cultural layers of a region. Joshua remembers the older title in boundary language, while later narratives prefer Kiriath-jearim. The cross references present Kiriath-baal as the earlier name of a key border town later drawn into ark traditions.1
Latitude
31.77
Longitude
34.99
Bible references
2
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.