Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 2:25
The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
25. Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth ] Gibeonite cities, see Josh, Jos 9:17 ‘Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim’ (R.V.) ‘Kirjath-arim’ ( Kiriath-arim R.V.) called in Neh 7:29 Kiriath-jearim, or ‘the city of the woods’. The spelling in our verse is probably due to an early error in the text. Its former name was Baalah (Jos 15:9). It was assigned to Judah and lay on the border of Judah and Benjamin. The ark rested here after it had been restored by the Philistines (1Sa 6:21; 1Sa 7:1), and David brought it from here to Jerusalem (1Ch 13:5-6; 2Ch 1:4; 2Sa 6:2, ‘Baale Judah,’ cf. Jos 18:14). From the description given in Jos 15:8-11 it must have been situate about 9 miles N.W. of Jerusalem. Chephirah, modern Kefireh, a little N. of Kiriath.
Beeroth ] = ‘wells’, the native place of the two Benjamite assassins of Ishbosheth, Baanah and Rechab (2Sa 4:2), now known as Bireh 12 miles N. of Jerusalem on the road to Nabls. It is here that according to tradition the child Jesus was first missed by Joseph and Mary (Luk 2:44).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Kirath-arim, or Kirjath-jearim, as it is Neh 7:29.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on Ezr 2:3].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Kirjath-arim. Now Khan ‘Er’ma. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read “Kirjath-jearim”.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Kirjatharim: Jos 9:17, Neh 7:29, Kirjath-jearim
Reciprocal: Jos 18:26 – Chephirah