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Kirjath

also known as: Kiriath

Meaning: city

This is an ancient city that belonged to the Tribe of Benjamin.

and Zelah, Haeleph and the Jebusite (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families. —Joshua 18:28

Kirjath is the modern Kuriet el-'Enab, i.e., “city of grapes”, about 7½ miles west-northwest of Jerusalem.

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