¹⁷ So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth^(A) and Kiriath Jearim.^(B)

²¹ Then they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath Jearim,^(A) saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down and take it up to your town.”

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)