John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:1
And the men of Kirjathjearim came and fetched up the ark of the Lord ,.... From Bethshemesh, which was near unto them, as Josephus F7 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 1. sect. 4. says; they made no difficulty of fetching it, but gladly received it; for if they knew of what happened to the men of Bethshemesh, they knew it was not owing to the presence of the ark among them, but to their irreverent behaviour to it; and though Kirjathjearim was not a Levite city, and so the men of it could not bear the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:1-2
Here we must attend the ark to Kirjath-jearim, and then leave it there, to hear not a word more of it except once (1 Sam. 14:18), till David fetched it thence, about forty years after, 1 Chron. 13:6. I. We are very willing to attend it thither, for the men of Beth-shemesh have by their own folly made that a burden which might have been a blessing; and gladly would we see it among those to whom it will be a savour of life unto life, for in every place where it has been of late it has been a... read more