| 7:1 |
And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the
ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of
Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to
keep the ark of the LORD.
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| 7:2 |
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in
Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty
years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the
LORD.
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| 7:3 |
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel,
saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your
hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from
among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and
serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand
of the Philistines.
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| 7:4 |
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and
Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
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| 7:5 |
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I
will pray for you unto the LORD.
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| 7:6 |
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water,
and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that
day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And
Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
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| 7:7 |
And when the Philistines heard that the children of
Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the
Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children
of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
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| 7:8 |
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not
to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us
out of the hand of the Philistines.
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| 7:9 |
And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a
burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried
unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
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| 7:10 |
And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the
Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the
LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the
Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten
before Israel.
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| 7:11 |
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued
the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under
Bethcar.
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| 7:12 |
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh
and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying,
Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
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| 7:13 |
So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no
more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD
was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
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| 7:14 |
And the cities which the Philistines had taken from
Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto
Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of
the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between
Israel and the Amorites.
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| 7:15 |
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
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| 7:16 |
And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel,
and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those
places.
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| 7:17 |
And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house;
and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar
unto the LORD.
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