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1 Samuel 7:2

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Further Conflict with the Philistines

7:2It was quite a long time—some twenty years in all—that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people2 of Israel longed for3 the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Heb “house” (also in the following verse).
  2. 3 Heb “mourned after”; “mourned and sought after”; , “lamented after”; “turned to”; “began to follow … again.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

Then all the people of Israel turned back to the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Ark remained in Kiriath-jearim for a long time—twenty years in all. During that time all Israel mourned because it seemed the Lord had abandoned them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

From the day the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, days multiplied and became twenty years while all the house of Israel mourned after Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.