International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Jaar

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Jaar


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jā´ar (יער, ya‛ar, “forest” or “wood”): Is only once taken as a proper name ( the Revised Version margin), “We found it in the field of Jaar.” It may be a shortened form of the name Kiriath-jearim, where the ark had rested 20 years. See KIRIATH-JEARIM.