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1 Samuel 7:2
New English Translation
1 Samuel 7:2
New English Translation
Further Conflict with the Philistines
2 It was quite a long time—some twenty years in all—that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people[a] of Israel longed for[b] the Lord.
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- 1 Samuel 7:2 tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).
- 1 Samuel 7:2 tn Heb “mourned after”; NIV “mourned and sought after”; KJV, NRSV “lamented after”; NAB “turned to”; NCV “began to follow…again.”
1 Samuel 7:2
New International Version
1 Samuel 7:2
New International Version
2 The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim(A) a long time—twenty years in all.
Samuel Subdues the Philistines at Mizpah
Then all the people of Israel turned back to the Lord.(B)
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