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Village on the road from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) northwest of Jerusalem. Excavations by the French revealed a settlement 7,000 years old in which the residents changed from grazing to farming. Its modern name is Abu Ghosh, so named after a family of Arab sheiks who robbed pilgrims en route to Jerusalem until Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt terminated the practice early in the 19th century. The Crusaders mistakenly identified this village as Emmaus, where Jesus revealed himself to two people after his resurrection (Lk 24:13). Because of this, they built a church there (in the 12th century). The massive walls of the church were built over the remains of a Roman fort where Titus had stationed his veterans of the Jewish Revolt. The large crypt under the church contains a spring, mentioned in memoirs of the First Crusade as the “Emmaus Spring.”

Show passage in OET: LUK 24:13

OET-RV LUK 24:13

13 Then, wow, two of Yeshua’s (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) followers were walking to the village of Emmaous about eleven kilometres away from Yerushalem (Jerusalem),

OET-LV LUK 24:13

13 And see, two of them at same the day were going to a_village being_ sixty stadiums _away from Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), to _whose name is Emmaous.

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In the time of the judges this village was one of the four cities of the Gibeonites who, under false pretenses, made a mutual defense pact with Joshua and the elders of Israel (Jos 9:3-27). Because it was on the border between Judah and Benjamin, it was integrated into the tribe of Judah (15:9; 18:14). During the time of Samuel, after the Philistines captured the ark (1 Sm 4:11) and found its possession to be dangerous, they were advised to return it to Israel. This they did; the ark arrived in Beth-shemesh, where 70 men who peered into it perished. Because of the danger its presence presented, it was sent on to Kiriath-jearim, where it remained in the house of Abinadab (1 Sm 7:1) for 20 years. One of King David’s first official acts after arriving in Jerusalem was to bring the ark from Baalah (Kiriath-jearim) to Obed-edom’s house, then on to Jerusalem (2 Sm 6).

Show passage in OET: JOS 15:9

OET-RV JOS 15:9

9 From there the border turned from the head of the hill to the Neftoah spring and went out to the cities of Mt. Efron, then the border turned to Ba’alah (now called Kiryat -Yearim).

OET-LV JOS 15:9

9 And_ the_border _it _turns from_the _top _of the _mountain to the _spring _of the _waters _of Nephtoah and_it _goes _out to the _cities _of the _mountain _of ˊEfrōn and_ the_border _it _turns Baˊₐlāh that is_Qiryat Yəˊārīm/(Jearim).

Show passage in OET: JOS 18:14

OET-RV JOS 18:14

14 Then the western border turned from that hill and went south, coming out at Kiryat -Ba’al (also called Kiryat -Yearim—a town belonging to Yehudah) thus forming the western side.

OET-LV JOS 18:14

14 And_ the_border _it _turns and_it _turns to_the_side _of the_west southward_to from the_mountain which is_on the _face _of Bēyt Ḩōrōn south_to_the and extremities _of_its to Qiryat Baˊal that is_Qiryat Yəˊārīm/(Jearim) the _city _of the _descendants _of Yəhūdāh this is_the_side _of the_west.

Show passage in OET: SA1 4:11

OET-RV SA1 4:11

11 As well as that, the box with God’s agreement was taken, and Eli’s two sons Hofni and Pinhas were killed.

OET-LV SA1 4:11

11 And_the _box _of god it _was _taken and_the _two _of the _sons _of ˊĒlī they _died Ḩofnī and_Pinḩāş.

Show passage in OET: SA1 7:1

OET-RV SA1 7:1

7 So the men from Kiryat-Yearim came and lifted up Yahweh’s box and brought it into Avinadav’s house on the hill. They consecrated his son Eleazar to take care of it.

OET-LV SA1 7:1

7 And_they _came the _people _of Qiryat and_they _took _up DOM the _box _of YHWH and_they _brought DOM_him/it to the _house _of ʼAⱱīnādāⱱ on_hill and_DOM ʼElˊāzār his/its_son they _consecrated to_guard/protect DOM the _box _of YHWH.

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Uriah the prophet, who condemned the reign of King Jehoiakim and was later executed (Jer 26:20-23), was a native of Kiriath-jearim. Among the returnees from the exile were citizens originally from Kiriath-jearim (Ezr 2:25; Neh 7:29).

Show passage in OET: JER 26:20–23

OET-RV JER 26:20