Kirjath-jearim (kir'jath-jç'a-rĭm), R. V., kiriath-jearim, the city of woods. One of the four cities of the Gibeonites, Joshua 9:17, situated on the border of Judah and Benjamin, Joshua 15:9, Joshua 1:18-15, but belonging to Judah, Joshua 15:60, Judges 18:12; was also called Baalah, Joshua 1:15-10, or Baale of Judah, 2 Samuel 6:2, or Kirjath-baal. Hither the ark was brought from Beth-shemesh, 1 Samuel 6:21, 1 Samuel 1:7-2, and here it remained until it was removed by David. 1 Chronicles 13:5, 2 Chronicles 1:4. The prophet Urijah, who was put to death by Jehoiakim, Jeremiah 26:20, was born here, and after the captivity the people of the city returned in numbers to it. Nehemiah 7:29.