Kiriath-Jearim
City in the Land of Israel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the modern town near Abu Gosh, see Kiryat Ye'arim.
Kiriath-Jearim (also Kiryat Ye'arim;[1] Hebrew: קִרְיַת-יְעָרִים Qīryaṯ Yə‘ārīm, "city of woods"; Ancient Greek: Καριαθιαριμ Kariathiarim; Latin: Cariathiarim) was a city in the Land of Israel. It is mentioned 18 times in the Hebrew Bible. The biblical place was identified with Abu Ghosh.