And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.
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Gill's Exposition
And they went up and pitched in Kirjathjearim in Judah,.... Of which place see Jos 15:9. According to Bunting (a) it was sixteen miles from Zorah and Eshtaol, and this was their first day's march:…
Barnes' Notes
Kurjath-jearim - “City of forests,” otherwise called “Kirjath-Baal” (marginal reference.), identified by Robinson with the modern “Kurit-el-Enab,” on the road from Jaffa to Jerusalem and by Conder…
Here is, I. The observation which the spies made upon the city of Laish, and the posture of its inhabitants, Jdg 18:7. Never was place so ill governed and so ill guarded, which would make it a very…
Cambridge Bible
Kiriath-jĕârim i.e. city of woods; cf. Jos 9:17 P and 1Sa 6:21; 1Sa 7:1 f. Eusebius (Onom. 109, 27. 271, 40) places it 9 Roman miles from Jerusalem on the road to Lydda; hence it is generally…
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