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 6:1

The Philistines Return the Ark

6:1 When the ark of the Lord had been in the land ⁴  of the Philistines for seven months, ⁵ 

[7:1]  ¹ tn Heb “men.”

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

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “mourned after”; NIV “mourned and sought after”; KJV, NRSV “lamented after”; NAB “turned to”; NCV “began to follow…again.”

[6:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “field.”

[6:1]  ⁵ tc The LXX adds “and their land swarmed with mice.”