Sacred Atlas

Where Is It Today?

Where Is Kiriath-jearim Today?

Kiriath-jearim is identified with Deir el Azar. See modern location, confidence level, Scripture references, coordinates, and source attribution.

Modern locationmodern identification under review
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs19

High confidence

Modern identification

Deir el Azar - modern identification under review

Coordinates31.8090, 35.1038
Kindsettlement
Claims3
Sources2

Scripture anchors

Josh 9:17Josh 15:9Josh 15:60Josh 18:14Josh 18:15Josh 18:28Judg 18:121 Sam 6:211 Sam 7:11 Sam 7:21 Chr 2:501 Chr 2:521 Chr 2:531 Chr 13:51 Chr 13:62 Chr 1:4Ezra 2:25Neh 7:29Jer 26:20

Why this place is in the atlas

Kiriath-jearim is a biblical place imported into Sacred Atlas from OpenBible.info with 19 Scripture references attached for review.

Claim ledger

foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a9bba61, urlSlug: kiriath-jearim, friendlyId: Kiriath-jearim OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 31.808957, longitude: 35.10378, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
scriptureReferences Josh 9:17, Josh 15:9, Josh 15:60, Josh 18:14 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High