- A border town of Judah (Joshua 15:9,10; 1 Chronicles 13:6) called elsewhere Kirjathjearim.
- A mount on the border of Judah (Joshua 15:11).
- A city in the south of Judah (Joshua 15:29), held by the Simeonites (Joshua 19:3, where it is called Balah, while in the corresponding list of 1 Chronicles 4:29, it is called Bilhah).
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