သမ္မာ ၁ 7:2

Myanmar Judson Bible

2 သေတ္တာတော်သည် အနှစ်နှစ်ဆယ်ပတ်လုံး ကြာမြင့်စွာ ကိရယတ်ယာရိမ်မြို့၌ ရှိစဉ်အခါ၊ ဣသရေလ အမျိုးသား အပေါင်းတို့သည် ထာဝရဘုရားကို အောက်မေ့၍ မြည်တမ်းကြ၏။

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lamented: Judges 2:4, Jeremiah 3:13, Jeremiah 3:22-25, Jeremiah 31:9, Zechariah 12:10, Zechariah 12:11, Matthew 5:4, 2 Corinthians 7:10, 2 Corinthians 7:11

Reciprocal: Joshua 18:14 - Kirjathbaal 1 Samuel 12:10 - And they 2 Samuel 6:4 - General 1 Chronicles 13:3 - the ark 1 Chronicles 13:7 - out of the house Jeremiah 26:20 - Kirjathjearim

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long,.... It could not be less than between forty and fifty years, for it remained here until the times of David, who removed it from hence after he was made king over all Israel, and when he had reigned over Judah seven years; and from the death of Eli to that time, which included the government of Samuel and Saul, it could not be less than what has been hinted:

for it [was] twenty years; not that this was all the time the ark was at Kirjathjearim, but it was so long there before it was much taken notice of, and sought unto, and the Lord by it; there was a great neglect of God, and his worship, which through the means of Samuel began to revive about this time, as it follows:

and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord; became sensible of their evil doings, and repented of them, and sought the Lord with fasting, and prayer, and tears; bewailed their backslidings and revoltings from him, and cried after a departing God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And all the house of Israel lamented ... - The occupation of the country about Shiloh by the Philistines 1 Samuel 7:3 was partly the reason for the ark being kept so long at Kirjath-jearim. But another reason seems to have been the fall of the Israelites into idolatry, which made them neglect the ark, and brought upon them this Philistine servitude; probably the last 20 years of the Philistine oppression described in Judges 13:1, which is there expressly connected with Israelite idolatry. Now, probably, through the exhortations of Samuel, coupled with the chastening of the Philistine yoke, the Israelites repented and turned again to the God of their fathers.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 7:2. It was twenty years — This chapter contains the transactions of at least twenty years, but we know not the date of each event.