1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and they *7:1 Lit made holy; i.e., ordainedconsecrated his son Eleazar to watch over the ark of the Lord. 2 From the day that the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim, the *7:2 Lit days increasedtime was long, for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel *7:2 Or followed aftermourned after the Lord.