1 Samuel 7:1-3

New King James Version

Israel Defeats the Philistines

7 Then the men of ^(A)Kirjath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of ^(B)Abinadab on the hill, and ^(C)consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.

Samuel Judges Israel

² So it was that the ark remained in Kirjath Jearim a long time; it was there twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

³ Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you ^(D)return to the Lord with all your hearts, then ^(E)put away the foreign gods and the ^(F)Ashtoreths^[a] from among you, and ^(G)prepare your hearts for the Lord, and ^(H)serve Him only; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”