Difference between revisions of "Kirjath"

== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73551" /> ==

<p> '''Kir'jath.''' ''(a city).'' The last of the cities enumerated as belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, &nbsp;Joshua 18:28, probably identical with the better-known place '''Kirjath-jearim''' . </p>

== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32355" /> ==

&nbsp;Joshua 18:28

<p> See [[Kirjath-Jearim.]] </p>

<p> Kir´jath. This word means town or city, and is much used in the formation of names of places, like our own town. The following are the principal places distinguished by this term:— </p> <p> Kir-Jathaim </p> <p> Ki´r–Jatha´im (double town), one of the most ancient towns in the country east of the Jordan, as it was possessed by the gigantic [[Emim]] , who were expelled by the [[Moabites]] , who in their turn were dispossessed by the Amorites, from whom it was taken by the Israelites. Kir-jathaim was then assigned to [[Reuben]] . But during the [[Assyrian]] exile the Moabites again took possession of this and other towns . [[Eusebius]] places it about half an hour west of the ruins of Medeba. There was another place of this name in the tribe of [[Naphtali]] . </p> <p> [[Kirjath-Arba]] </p> <p> Kir´jath-Ar´ba, the ancient name of Hebron, but still in use in the time of Nehemiah [[[Hebron].]] </p> <p> [[Kirjath-Baal]] </p> <p> Kir´jath-Baal (city of Baal). This city is more usually called Kirjath-Jearim. </p> <p> [[Kirjath-Huzoth]] </p> <p> Kir´jath-Hu´zoth (city of streets), a town in [[Moab]] . </p> <p> [[Kirjath-Jearim]] </p> <p> Kir´jath-Je´arim (city of forests), one of the towns of the [[Gibeonites]] . It was to this place that the [[Ark]] was brought from Bethshemesh, after it had been removed from the land of the Philistines, and where it remained till removed to [[Jerusalem]] by David (1 Samuel 7; 1 Chronicles 13). This was one of the ancient sites which were again inhabited after the exile . Eusebius and [[Jerome]] speak of it as being in their day a village nine or ten miles from Diospolis (Lydda), on the road to Jerusalem. Dr. Robinson thinks it possible that the ancient Kirjath-jearim may be recognized in the present Kuryet-el-Enab. The close correspondence of name and position seems to warrant this conclusion. This place is that which ecclesiastical tradition has identified with the [[Anathoth]] of Jeremiah, which Dr. Robinson refers to Anata [[[Anathoth].]] It is now a poor village, its principal buildings being an old convent of the Minorites, and a Latin church. The latter is now deserted, but not in ruins, and is said to be one of the largest and most solidly constructed churches in [[Palestine]] (Robinson, ii 109; 334-337). </p> <p> [[Kirjath-Sannah]] </p> <p> Kir´jath-San´nah (city of palms; ), otherwise Kirjath-sepher (city of the book), a city of the tribe of Judah, called also Debir, which see . </p>

<p> (&nbsp;Joshua 18:28). (See [[Kirjath-Jearim]]); also the following names, of which this is the first part. </p>

<ref name="term_73551"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/kirjath Kirjath from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_48047"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hawker-s-poor-man-s-concordance-and-dictionary/kirjath Kirjath from Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_32355"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/kirjath Kirjath from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>