18:31 house of God. That is, the tabernacle, which was at Shiloh up to the time of Samuel (Josh. 18:1; 1 Sam. 3:21; 4:3). This was before David’s reign. The ark was taken by Eli’s sons from Shiloh into battle and lost to the Philistines (1 Sam. 4:4–11). After that the ark was never in Shiloh again.