1 Samuel 7:1-2

7:1 Then the people 1  of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.

Further Conflict with the Philistines

7:2 It was quite a long time – some twenty years in all – that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people 2  of Israel longed for 3  the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:16

7:16 Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, 4  Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places.

1 tn Heb “men.”

2 tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).

3 tn Heb “mourned after”; NIV “mourned and sought after”; KJV, NRSV “lamented after”; NAB “turned to”; NCV “began to follow…again.”

3 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.