...Thank you, Sergio and also Karl, for your thoughts on the chronology.
So, going back to 1 Sam 7:2: "And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah." I think the 20 years were the period since the ark was carried to Kiriath-jearim until 'all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah' and were gathered to Mizpah.
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