ESV Reformation Study Bible – 1 Sam 7:2
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1 Sam 7:2

7:2 twenty years . . . lamented after the Lord. In light of Samuel’s reference to “foreign gods” among the Israelites (v. 3), it seems that it was only at the close of these twenty years that Israel began to seek the Lord.