7:1 Then the people ¹  of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.

7:2 It was quite a long time – some twenty years in all – that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people ²  of Israel longed for ³  the Lord.