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And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath–jearim, in Judah : wherefore they called that place Mahaneh–dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath–jearim.

Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, and Rabbah ; two cities with their villages:

The men of Kirjath–jearim, Chephirah , and Beeroth , seven hundred forty and three.

And Shobal the father of Kirjath–jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.

These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath–jearim,

And upon Kiriathaim , and upon Beth–gamul, and upon Beth–meon,

And the children of Reuben built Heshbon , and Elealeh , and Kiriathaim ,

And Kiriathaim , and Sibmah , and Zereth–shahar in the mount of the valley,

And the families of Kirjath–jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites, and the Eshtaulites.

So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hamath , to bring the ark of God from Kirjath–jearim.

And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon , and Chephirah , and Beeroth , and Kirjath–jearim.

And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath–jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah :

And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath–jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath–jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem .

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath–jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir , and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon , on the north side, and went down to Beth–shemesh, and passed on to Timnah :

And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath–jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah :

And the men of Kirjath–jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.

And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah , and went out to the cities of mount Ephron ; and the border was drawn to Baalah , which is Kirjath–jearim:

And David went up, and all Israel , to Baalah , that is, to Kirjath–jearim, which belonged to Judah , to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.

Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; Woe unto Nebo ! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth–jeshimoth, Baal –meon, and Kiriathaim ,

And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim , and the Zuzims in Ham , and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim ,

And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth–horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, a city of the children of Judah : this was the west quarter.