1 Samuel 7:2

Overview - 1 Samuel 7
1	They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark into the house of Abinadab, and sanctify Eleazar, his son to keep it.
2	After twenty years,
3	the Israelites, by Samuel's means, solemnly repent at Mizpeh.
7	While Samuel prays and sacrifices, the Lord discomfits the Philistines by thunder at Eben-ezer.
13	The Philistines are subdued.
15	Samuel judges Israel.

1 Samuel 7:2  (King James Version)
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.