Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'kirjath' occurs 34 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'kirjath' in the standard works and contain 55.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 18:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 6:21-7:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 15:60 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:12 (2 in 1 verse)


Josh. 15:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.

 15:16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.




1 Chr. 2:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 34 3 37
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 34 3 37

Gen. 23:2
And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

Num. 22:39
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth.

Num. 32:37
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

Josh. 9:17
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

Josh. 13:19
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley,

Josh. 14:15
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

Josh. 15:9
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:

Josh. 15:15
And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.

Josh. 15:16
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

Josh. 15:49
And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,

Josh. 15:54
And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

Josh. 15:60
Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:

Josh. 18:14
And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.

Josh. 18:15
And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:

Josh. 18:28
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

Josh. 20:7
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

Judg. 1:10
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

Judg. 1:11
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:

Judg. 1:12
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

Judg. 18:12
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.

1 Sam. 6:21
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

1 Sam. 7:1
And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.

1 Sam. 7:2
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

1 Chr. 2:50
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,

1 Chr. 2:52
And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.

1 Chr. 2:53
And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

1 Chr. 6:76
And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

1 Chr. 13:5
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.

1 Chr. 13:6
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.

2 Chr. 1:4
But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

Ezra 2:25
The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.

Neh. 7:29
The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.

Neh. 11:25
And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,

Jer. 26:20
And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: