1 Samuel 7:2
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 LORD.
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1 Chronicles 13:5So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor [the brook] of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
Jeremiah 3:22Return, ye backsliding sons, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we have come to thee, for thou are LORD our God.
Zechariah 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication. And they shall look to me whom they have pierced. And they shall mourn for him, as [a man] mourns for his only
2 Corinthians 7:10For sorrow toward God works repentance for salvation without regret, but the sorrow of the world works death.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 7:2-3
The Ark at Kirjath-jearim. ( b. c. 1099.) 1 And the men of Kirjath-jearim 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 Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord . Here we must attend the ark to Kirjath-jearim, and then leave it there, to hear not a word more of it except once ( ch.… Read the whole commentary →