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.

And the men {H582} of Kirjathjearim {H7157} came {H935}, and fetched up {H5927} the ark {H727} of the LORD {H3068}, and brought {H935} it into the house {H1004} of Abinadab {H41} in the hill {H1389}, and sanctified {H6942} Eleazar {H499} his son {H1121} to keep {H8104} the ark {H727} of the LORD {H3068}.

So the men of Kiryat-Ye'arim came and brought back the ark of ADONAI. They took it to the home of Avinadav on the hill and appointed his son El'azar to guard the ark of ADONAI.

Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.

And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 132:6 (2 votes)

    Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

  • Isaiah 52:11 (2 votes)

    Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean [thing]; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:5 (2 votes)

    So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:7 (2 votes)

    And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

  • Joshua 18:14 (2 votes)

    And the border was drawn [thence], and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that [lieth] before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which [is] Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this [was] the west quarter.

  • 1 Samuel 6:21 (2 votes)

    And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, [and] fetch it up to you.

  • 2 Samuel 6:2 (2 votes)

    And David arose, and went with all the people that [were] with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth [between] the cherubims.