1 Samuel 7:2
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 the 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 3:22"Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding.""Behold, we have come to you; for you are the Lord our God.
Zechariah 12:10I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
2 Corinthians 7:10For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no 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 →