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“We are Standing on ‘Holy Ground’” at Kiriath Jearim 2/5/2009 - by Wilbur Fields PhD

Kiriath Jearim served as a boundary marker between the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin. The Ark of the Covenant was brought to Kiriath Jearim early in the ministry of Samuel (about 1070 BC). It had been taken from the town of Shiloh into battle against the Philistines, and was captured...