Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

On Tue, 17 May 2005 12:33:03 +0100 Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
writes:
> Can someone enlighten me on the chronological implications of 1 
> Samuel 
> 7:2, in context? Should the last part of the verse, and the 
> subsequent 
> events, be understood as following the start of the 20 year period, 
> or 
> following the end of it? Or is it ambiguous?
> 
> -- 
> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> http://www.qaya.org/
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Offhand, it seems to me that the implication is that the Ark was in
Qiryat Jearim for 20 years which would mean that it had been 20 years
since the return of the Ark by the Philistines.

george
gfsomsel
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