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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