1 Samuel 7:2 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 7:2

And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.

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ASV

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 Jehovah.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The capture of the ark had produced a general indifference either as to its loss or its recovery. all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord--They were then brought, doubtless by the influence of Samuel's exhortations, to renounce idolatry, and to return to the national worship of the true God.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Twenty years - He saith not, that this twenty years was all the time of the ark's abode there, for it continued there from Eli's time 'till David's reign, 2 Sam. vi, 2, which was forty years: but that it was so long there before the Israelites were sensible of their sin and misery.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was a just reproach to the priests that one not of their order was sanctified to keep the ark. Twenty years of this time had passed before the house of Israel was sensible of the want of the ark. The Septuagint read it somewhat more clearly than we do; and it was twenty years, and (that is, when) the whole house of Israel looked up again after the Lord.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֗י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
מִיּ֞וֹם	mi.Yom	from [the] day	H3117 →
שֶׁ֤בֶת	She.vet	dwelt	H3427 →
הָֽאָרוֹן֙	ha.'a.rOn	the ark	H727 →
בְּקִרְיַ֣ת	be.kir.Yat	at Kiriath	H7157 →
יְעָרִ֔ים	ye.'a.Rim	Jearim	H7157 →
וַיִּרְבּוּ֙	vai.yir.Bu	and they increased	H7235 →
הַיָּמִ֔ים	hai.ya.Mim	the days	H3117 →
וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ	vai.yih.Yu	and they were	H1961 →
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →
שָׁנָ֑ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
וַיִּנָּה֛וּ	vai.yi.na.Hu	and they mourned	H5091 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אַחֲרֵ֥י	'a.cha.Rei	after	H310 →
יְהוָֽה׃ ס	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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Through
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
leads to
- Revelation 21:4
  ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
- 2 Corinthians 7:9–10
  And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any…
- John 16:20–22
  Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- Isaiah 61:2–3
  to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
- Psalms 126:5–6
  Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
Through
Jeremiah 3:13
Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.
leads to
- Jeremiah 3:6
  Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to…
- Jeremiah 2:25
  You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
- Jeremiah 3:25
  Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have…

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