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1SA-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.
1SA-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.
1SA-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.
1SA-7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and
Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
1SA-7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will
pray for you unto the LORD.
1SA-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.
1SA-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.
1SA-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.
1SA-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.
1SA-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.
1SA-7:11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued
the
Philistines, and smote them, until [they came] under Bethcar.
1SA-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.
1SA-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.
1SA-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.
1SA-7:15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
1SA-7:16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and
Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
1SA-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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