1Sa 6:21-7:2, 2Sa 6:2 | ESV | STEP | So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim , saying , The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord . Come down and take it up to you.

1 Samuel 6:21

21 So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of ^aKiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down and take it up to you.”

1 Samuel 7:1-2

1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord and brought it to the house of ^bAbinadab on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to have charge of the ark of the Lord. 2 From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

2 Samuel 6:2

2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from ^cBaale-judah ^dto bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts ^ewho sits enthroned on the cherubim.