Bible Location
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Kiriath-jearim was a town west of Jerusalem that became especially significant as the resting place of the ark before its transfer to Jerusalem. It is important because it connects the period of the judges and Samuel with David's later bringing of the ark into the city. First appears in Josh 9:17.1
AI summary: Kiriath-jearim holds an important place in the history of worship because the ark remained there for a long period after its return from Philistine territory. That gives the town a quiet but substantial role in the transition between the older sanctuary world and David's Jerusalem-centered kingdom. When David later moves the ark, Kiriath-jearim becomes part of that story of liturgical and political re-centering. The cross references present it as a key stopping-place in the ark's history and in the development of Israel's worship life.1
City, a city belonging to Benjamin (Josh. 18:28), the modern Kuriet el-‘Enab, i.e., “city of grapes”, about 7 1/2 miles west-north-west of Jerusalem. 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
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.