Israel Saved from the Philistines

And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord and (A)brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and they [a]consecrated his son Eleazar to watch over the ark of the Lord. From the day that the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim, the [b]time was long, for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel [c]mourned after the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 7:1 Lit made holy; i.e., ordained
  2. 1 Samuel 7:2 Lit days increased
  3. 1 Samuel 7:2 Or followed after

So the men of Kiriath Jearim came and took up the ark(A) of the Lord. They brought it to Abinadab’s(B) house on the hill and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord. The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim(C) a long time—twenty years in all.

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Then all the people of Israel turned back to the Lord.(D)

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