JAAR (jā'ar, Heb. ya‘ăr, wood, forest). KJV and ASV of Ps.132.6 render the Hebrew word “the field of the wood,” whereas NIV and RSV render it as a place-name, “Jaar.” If it is a place, it can possibly be identified with [[Kiriath Jearim]], where the ark was stored for twenty years before David brought it to Jerusalem.


JAAR jā’ ər (יָֽעַר, wood, forest, thicket). THE WOOD, KJV, ASV. Possibly a place (Ps 132:6 RSV). If a place, perhaps identical with Kiriath-jearim, where the Ark remained twenty years before David brought it to Jerusalem.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)

Is only once taken as a proper name (Ps 132:6 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]].