1 Samuel 7:1

Good News Translation (US Version)

So the people of Kiriath Jearim got the Lord's Covenant Box and took it to the house of a man named Abinadab, who lived on a hill. They consecrated his son Eleazar to be in charge of it.

Cross References

Isaiah 52:11

Be sure to leave Babylonia, all you that carry the Temple equipment. Touch no forbidden thing; keep yourselves holy and leave.

Psalm 132:6

In Bethlehem we heard about the Covenant Box, and we found it in the fields of Jearim.

1 Samuel 6:21

They sent messengers to the people of Kiriath Jearim to say, “The Philistines have returned the Lord's Covenant Box. Come down and get it.”

Joshua 18:14

The border then went in another direction, turning south from the western side of this mountain and going to Kiriath Baal (or Kiriath Jearim), which belongs to the tribe of Judah. This was the western border.

Joshua 9:17

So the people of Israel started out and three days later arrived at the cities where these people lived: Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

1 Samuel 7:2

The Covenant Box of the Lord stayed in Kiriath Jearim a long time, some twenty years. During this time all the Israelites cried to the Lord for help.

1 Chronicles 13:3

Then we will go and get God's Covenant Box, which was ignored while Saul was king.”