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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Baale of Judah (Kiriath-jearim)
The name 2 Samuel 6:2 uses for Kiriath-jearim, where the ark stayed for years before David brought it up to Jerusalem.
The name 2 Samuel 6:2 uses for Kiriath-jearim, where the ark stayed for years before David brought it up to Jerusalem.
Baale of Judah, an alternate name for Kiriath-jearim, the town where the ark of the covenant rested for years before David brought it up to Jerusalem (2 Sam. 6:2; 1 Chr. 13:6). Excavations at Kiriath-jearim's traditional site, Tell Deir el-Azhar, have uncovered a massive stone platform that some archaeologists have proposed was built to support a sanctuary, consistent with the town's role as long-term keeper of the ark.
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- 2 Samuel 6:2
