1 Samuel 7:2

Further Conflict with the Philistines

7:2 It was quite a long time – some twenty years in all – that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people ¹  of Israel longed for ²  the Lord.

1 Samuel 12:1

12:1 Samuel said to all Israel, “I have done ³  everything you requested. ⁴  I have given you a king. ⁵ 

[7:2]  ¹ tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).

[7:2]  ² tn Heb “mourned after”; NIV “mourned and sought after”; KJV, NRSV “lamented after”; NAB “turned to”; NCV “began to follow…again.”

[12:1]  ³ tn Heb “Look, I have listened to your voice.”

[12:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “to all which you said to me.”

[12:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I have installed a king over you.”