1 Samuel 7:1

The men of Kiriath Jearim came, and took Yahweh’s ark, and brought it into Abinadab’s house on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep Yahweh’s ark.

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WEBBE

The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took the LORD’s ark, and brought it into Abinadab’s house on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the LORD’s ark.

BSB

Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.

KJV

And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and brought up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

ASV

And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.

BBE

So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.

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וַיָּבֹאוּ vai·ya·vo·'u and they came H935 אַנְשֵׁי 'an·shei [the] people of H582 קִרְיַת kir·yat Kiriath H7157 יְעָרִים ye·'a·rim Jearim H7157 וַיַּעֲלוּ vai·ya·'a·lu and they took up H5927 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 אֲרוֹן 'a·ron [the] ark of H727 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 וַיָּבִאוּ vai·ya·vi·'u and they brought H935 אֹתוֹ 'o·to (marks the object) it H853 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 בֵּית beit [the] house of H1004 אֲבִינָדָב 'a·vi·na·dav Abinadab H41 בַּגִּבְעָה ba·giv·'ah on the hill H1389 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 אֶלְעָזָר 'el·'a·zar Eleazar H499 בְּנוֹ be·no son his H1121 קִדְּשׁוּ ki·de·shu they consecrated H6942 לִשְׁמֹר lish·mor to keep H8104 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 אֲרוֹן 'a·ron [the] ark of H727 יְהוָה פ yah·weh Yahweh H3068

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–4

God will find a resting-place for his ark; if some thrust it from them, the hearts of others shall be inclined to receive it. It is no new thing for God's ark to be in a private house. Christ and his apostles preached from house to house, when they could not have public places. Twenty years passed before the house of Israel cared for the want of the ark. During this time the prophet Samuel laboured to revive true religion. The few words used are very expressive; and this was one of the most effectual revivals of religion which ever took place in Israel.

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Cross-references

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People & places

AbinadabEleazar Kiriath-jearim

Topics

ArkRevivalsEleazar (Eleazer)Kirjath-JearimGibeahAbinadab

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.