So they sentmessengersto the inhabitantsof Kiriath-jearim,saying,"The Philistineshave broughtbackthe arkof the LORD;comedownand takeit up to you."
And Davidaroseand wentwith allthe peoplewhowere with him to Baale-judah,to bringup from therethe arkof Godwhichis calledby the Name,the very nameof the LORDof hostswho is enthroned[above] the cherubim.
So that He abandonedthe dwellingplaceat Shiloh,The tentwhich He had pitchedamong men,
Indeed,there was alsoa manwho prophesiedin the nameof the LORD,Uriahthe sonof Shemaiahfrom Kiriath-jearim;and he prophesiedagainstthiscityand againstthislandwordssimilar to allthose of Jeremiah.
"But gonowto My placewhichwas in Shiloh,whereI made My namedwellat the first,and seewhatI didto it becauseof the wickednessof My peopleIsrael.
therefore, I will doto the housewhichis calledby My name,in whichyou trust,and to the placewhichI gaveyou and your fathers,as I didto Shiloh.
Kiriath-baal(that is, Kiriath-jearim),and Rabbah;twocitieswith their villages.
From the topof the mountainthe bordercurvedto the springof the watersof Nephtoahand proceededto the citiesof MountEphron,then the bordercurvedto Baalah(that is, Kiriath-jearim).
The borderextended[from there] and turnedroundon the westsidesouthward,from the hillwhich[lies] beforeBeth-horonsouthward;and it endedat Kiriath-baal(that is, Kiriath-jearim),a cityof the sonsof Judah.This[was] the westside.
Then the sonsof Israelsetout and cameto their citieson the thirdday.Now their cities[were] Gibeonand Chephirahand Beerothand Kiriath-jearim.
They wentup and campedat Kiriath-jearimin Judah.Thereforethey calledthat placeMahaneh-danto thisday;behold,it is westof Kiriath-jearim.
