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| 2 The Ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim a long time -- twenty years in all. And the people of Israel began to follow the Lord again. | 2 It was a long time, twenty years in all, that the ark remained at Kiriath Jearim, and all the people of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD. |
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