1 Samuel 7:2

New American Bible - revised edition

From the day the ark came to rest in Kiriath-jearim, a long time, twenty years, elapsed, and the whole house of Israel turned to the Lord.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 13:3

and let us bring the ark of our God here among us, for in the days of Saul we did not consult it.”

1 Chronicles 13:5

Then David assembled all Israel, from Shihor of Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

Jeremiah 26:20

There was another man who used to prophesy in the name of the Lord, Uriah, son of Shemaiah, from Kiriath-jearim; he prophesied against this city and this land the same message as Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 3:13

Only admit your guilt: how you have rebelled against the Lord, your God, How you ran here and there to strangers under every green tree and would not listen to my voice—oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:9

With weeping they shall come, but with compassion I will guide them; I will lead them to streams of water, on a level road, without stumbling. For I am a father to Israel, Ephraim is my firstborn.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Joshua 9:17

The third day on the road, the Israelites came to their cities of Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim,

Judges 2:4

When the messenger of the Lord had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud.

1 Samuel 7:1

So the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the Lord and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, appointing his son Eleazar as guardian of the ark of the Lord. Samuel the Judge.

1 Samuel 7:3

Then Samuel addressed the whole house of Israel: “If you would return to the Lord with your whole heart, remove your foreign gods and your Astartes, fix your hearts on the Lord, and serve him alone, then the Lord will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”