RobH_en_tn/1sa/06/13.md

Now

The writer is introducing a new part of the story. If your language has a way of marking the beginning of a new part of the story, you could use it here.

people of Beth Shemesh

These were Israelites.

lifted up their eyes

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "looked up" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)