Kirjath-jearim, called Kirjath-baal, Jos_15:60; a city lying in the northern parts of Judah, in the road to Laish; yet not in the city, but in the fields belonging to it, as the following words evince.
Behind Kirjath-jearim, i.e. westward from it, as the western sea is called the hindermost sea, Deu_11:24; and as, on the contrary, the east is called Keedem, which signifies the forepart.