He struck of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.
The men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord  (1 Samuel 7:1).  The men of Kiriath-jearim willingly complied with the request from Beth-shemesh; and the ark remained with them for twenty years.  As Willis noted, "There was a prominent priestly house at Kiriath-jearim, including Abinadab and his son Eleazar."[28]