KJV King James Version
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 7:2
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
It happened, from the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, from the day of the dwelling of the ark in Kirjath-Jearim, that the days are multiplied—yea, they are twenty years—and wail do all the house of Israel after Jehovah.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 7
1 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, [then] put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
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וַיְהִ֗יH1961 · ha.yahto beמִיּ֞וֹםH3117 · yomdayשֶׁ֤בֶתH3427 · ya.shavto dwellהָֽאָרוֹן֙H727 · a.ronarkבְּקִרְיַ֣תH7157 · qir.yat ye.a.rimKiriath-jearimיְעָרִ֔יםH7157 · qir.yat ye.a.rimKiriath-jearimוַיִּרְבּוּ֙H7235 · ra.vahto multiplyהַיָּמִ֔יםH3117 · yomdayוַיִּֽהְי֖וּH1961 · ha.yahto beעֶשְׂרִ֣יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyשָׁנָ֑הH8141 · sha.nehyearוַיִּנָּה֛וּH5091 · na.hahto wailכָּל־H3605 · kolallבֵּ֥יתH1004 · betplaceיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאַחֲרֵ֥יH310 · a.charafterיְהוָֽה׃ סH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
2 Corinthians 7:10-11For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.Matthew 5:4Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.Zechariah 12:10-11And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.Jeremiah 31:9They 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 Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn.Jeremiah 3:22-25Return, ye backsliding children, [and] I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD our God.Judges 2:4And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
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