1 Samuel 7:2

New Messianic Version Bible

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kiryat-Ye’arim [City of Forests], that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] lamented after the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).

Cross References

Matthew 5:4

“Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted”.

Jeremiah 31:9

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] [is] my firstborn.

Jeremiah 3:13

Only acknowledge youri iniquity, that youi have transgressed against the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) youri God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and have scattered youri ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you2f have not obeyed my voice, says the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).

Judges 2:4

And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) spoke these words unto all the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

Joshua 9:17

And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities [were] Giv’on [Hill City], and K’firah [Lioness], and B’erot [Wells], and Kiryat-Ye’arim [City of Forests].

1 Samuel 7:1

And the men of Kiryat-Ye’arim [City of Forests] came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and brought it into the house of Avinadav [my father is noble] in the hill, and sanctified El’azar [God has helped] his son to keep the ark of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).

1 Samuel 7:3

And Sh’mu’el [His name is El] spoke unto all the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], saying, If you2f do return unto the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) with all your hearts, [then] put away the strange gods and ‘Ashtarot [Star (female deity)] from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the P’lishtim [Immigrants].

1 Chronicles 13:3

And let us bring again the ark of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Sha’ul [desired].

Jeremiah 26:20

And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), Uriyah [Yehovah is my flame] the son of Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] of Kiryat-Ye’arim [City of Forests], who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Yirmeyahu [whom Yehovah has appointed]:

1 Chronicles 13:5

So David [beloved] gathered all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] together, from Shihor of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] even unto the entering of Hamat [fortress], to bring the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] from Kiryat-Ye’arim [City of Forests].