1 Samuel 7:2

From the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, the time was long; for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.

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WEBBE

From the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, the time was long—for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.

BSB

And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.

KJV

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.

ASV

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

BBE

And the ark was in Kiriath-jearim for a long time, as much as twenty years: and all Israel was searching after the Lord with weeping.

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וַיְהִי vay·hi and it was H1961 מִיּוֹם mi·yom from [the] day H3117 שֶׁבֶת she·vet dwelt H3427 הָאָרוֹן ha·'a·ron the ark H727 בְּקִרְיַת be·kir·yat at Kiriath H7157 יְעָרִים ye·'a·rim Jearim H7157 וַיִּרְבּוּ vai·yir·bu and they increased H7235 הַיָּמִים hai·ya·mim the days H3117 וַיִּהְיוּ vai·yih·yu and they were H1961 עֶשְׂרִים 'es·rim twenty H6242 שָׁנָה sha·nah year[s] H8141 וַיִּנָּהוּ vai·yi·na·hu and they mourned H5091 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 בֵּית beit [the] house of H1004 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 אַחֲרֵי 'a·cha·rei after H310 יְהוָה ס 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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People & places

Kiriath-jearim

Topics

ArkEleazar (Eleazer)Kirjath-JearimAbinadab

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