VICTORY AT MIZPAH

2 Time went by until twenty years had passed since the ark had been taken to Kiriath-jearim. Then the whole house of Israel longed for the Lord. 3 Samuel told them, “If youk are returning to the Lordl with all your heart,m get rid of the foreign godsn and the Ashtoreths that are among you, set your hearts on the Lord, and worship only him.o Then he will rescue you from the Philistines.”