They wentup and campedat Kiriath-jearimin Judah.Thereforethey calledthat placeMahaneh-danto thisday;behold,it is westof Kiriath-jearim.
However,Davidhad broughtup the arkof Godfrom Kiriath-jearimto the place he had preparedfor it, for he had pitcheda tentfor it in Jerusalem.
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).
Then the sonsof Israelsetout and cameto their citieson the thirdday.Now their cities[were] Gibeonand Chephirahand Beerothand Kiriath-jearim.
And the Spiritof the LORDbeganto stirhim in Mahaneh-dan,betweenZorahand Eshtaol.
Then from the familyof the Danites,from Zorahand from Eshtaol,sixhundredmenarmedwith weaponsof warsetout.
They passedfrom thereto the hillcountryof Ephraimand cameto the houseof Micah.
So they sentmessengersto the inhabitantsof Kiriath-jearim,saying,"The Philistineshave broughtbackthe arkof the LORD;comedownand takeit up to you."
And the menof Kiriath-jearimcameand tookthe arkof the LORDand broughtit into the houseof Abinadabon the hill,and consecratedEleazarhis sonto keepthe arkof the LORD.
