1 Samuel 4:5

4:5 When the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived at the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly ¹  that the ground shook.

1 Samuel 4:21

4:21 She named the boy Ichabod, ²  saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” referring to the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.

1 Samuel 5:2-3

5:2 The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the temple of Dagon, where they positioned it beside Dagon. 5:3 When the residents of Ashdod got up early the next day, ³  Dagon was lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.

1 Samuel 6:2

6:2 the Philistines called the priests and the omen readers, saying, “What should we do with the ark of the Lord? Advise us as to how we should send it back to its place.”

1 Samuel 6:11

6:11 They put the ark of the Lord on the cart, along with the chest, the gold mice, and the images of the sores.

1 Samuel 6:13

6:13 Now the residents of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they were pleased at the sight.

1 Samuel 6:21

6:21 So they sent messengers to the residents of Kiriath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down here and take it back home with you.”

1 Samuel 7:2

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 ⁴  of Israel longed for ⁵  the Lord.

[4:5]  ¹ tn Heb “shouted [with] a great shout.”

[4:21]  ² sn The name Ichabod (אִי־כָבוֹד) may mean, “Where is the glory?”

[5:3]  ³ tc The LXX adds “they entered the temple of Dagon and saw.”

[7:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).

[7:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “mourned after”; NIV “mourned and sought after”; KJV, NRSV “lamented after”; NAB “turned to”; NCV “began to follow…again.”