Josh. xv. 9. 1 Chron. xiii. 6.BAALAH, otherwise called Kirjath-jearim or Kirjath-Baal, or plain Baal, or Baalim of Judah, or Sede-jearim, and Campi Silvæ in Psalm cxxxiv. 6. are one and the same City, situated in the Tribe of Judah not far from Gibeah and Gibeon. The Ark was removed to Kirjath-jearim, when the Philistines sent it back from 1 Sam. vi. 21. Josh. xix. 32. and 1 Chr. iv. 28. Josh. xv. 29.their Country. There it remained in the house of Amminadab, till David gave orders for the carrying it to Jerusalem.
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