or Cariath-baal, called also Kiriath-jearim, "the city of the woods;" one of the cities of the Gibeonites belonging to the tribe of Judah, nine miles from Aelia, in the road to Diospolis. It was also called Baala (Joshua). The ark of the covenant, after its recovery from the Philistines, stood for some time in this city (1 Sam. vii).