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From there the boundary extended from the top of the mountain to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah,[a] and from there to the towns on Mount Ephron. Then it turned toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

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  1. 15:9 Or the spring at Me-nephtoah.

Then David and all Israel went to Baalah of Judah (also called Kiriath-jearim) to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name[a] of the Lord who is enthroned between the cherubim.

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  1. 13:6 Or the Ark of God, where the Name is proclaimed—the name.

15 The southern boundary began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. From that western point it ran[a] to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah,[b]

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  1. 18:15a Or From there it went to Mozah. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
  2. 18:15b Or the spring at Me-nephtoah.

12 They camped at a place west of Kiriath-jearim in Judah, which is called Mahaneh-dan[a] to this day.

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  1. 18:12 Mahaneh-dan means “the camp of Dan.”

He led them to Baalah of Judah[a] to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,[b] who is enthroned between the cherubim.

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  1. 6:2a Hebrew Baale of Judah, another name for Kiriath-jearim; compare 1 Chr 13:6.
  2. 6:2b Or the Ark of God where the Name is proclaimed—the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

17 The Israelites set out at once to investigate and reached their towns in three days. The names of these towns were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

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