Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-je'arim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim. The first was the earlier name, doubtless from Baal, the chief object of Canaanite idolatry; the later name signified the 'city of forests' (see the note at Joshua 15:9).
Rabbah, х Rabaah (H7227); Septuagint, Soobeeba; Alexandrian, Arebba].