1 Samuel 7:2 meaning and explanation
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 mourned and sought after the LORD.
1 Samuel 7:2, Berean Standard Bible
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The ark had come back from Philistine territory, but it did not return to Shiloh or the tabernacle. It stayed in a private house at Kiriath-jearim, and the text measures out twenty years of that stillness.
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