¹² On their way they set up camp near Kiriath Jearim^(A) in Judah. This is why the place west of Kiriath Jearim is called Mahaneh Dan^[a](B) to this day.

²¹ Then they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath Jearim,^(A) saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down and take it up to your town.”

² The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim^(A) a long time—twenty years in all.

Samuel Subdues the Philistines at Mizpah

Then all the people of Israel turned back to the Lord.^(B)

²⁰ (Now Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim^(A) was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord; he prophesied the same things against this city and this land as Jeremiah did.