<p class="bodytext">So they sent messengers to the residents of Kiriath Jearim, saying, &#8220;The Philistines have returned the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>. Come down here and take it back home with you.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the people<n id="1" /> of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the <sc>Lord;sc> they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>.p>