1Sa 7:2 | NETfull | STEP | It was quite a long time – some twenty years in all – that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people of Israel longed for the Lord .

1 Samuel 7:2

Further Conflict with the Philistines

2 It was quite a long time – some twenty years in all – that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people ^{▼▼ Heb “house” (also in the following verse).} of Israel longed for ^{▼▼ Heb “mourned after”; NIV “mourned and sought after”; KJV, NRSV “lamented after”; NAB “turned to”; NCV “began to follow…again.”} the Lord.