Kirjathbaal, (which is Kirjathjearim,),.... Of Kirjathbaal, and its several names; see Gill on Jos 15:9, and Rabbah, of which we nowhere else read; for this is a very different city from the Rabbah of the children of Ammon, Sa2 12:26, two cities with their villages; why these are reckoned by themselves is not certain.