From the day that the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim, the [a]time was long, for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel [b]mourned after the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 7:2 Lit days increased
  2. 1 Samuel 7:2 Or followed after

The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim(A) a long time—twenty years in all.

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

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