ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 7
1. And the men[H582] of Kiriath-jearim[H7157] came[H935], and fetched up[H5927] the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068], and brought[H935] it into the house[H1004] of Abinadab[H41] in the hill[H1389], and sanctified[H6942] Eleazar[H499] his son[H1121] to keep[H8104] the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068].
2. And it came to pass[H3117], from the day that the ark[H727] abode[H3427] in Kiriath-jearim[H7157], that the time[H3117] was long[H7235]; for it was twenty[H6242] years[H8141]: and all the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] lamented[H5091] after[H310] Jehovah[H3068].
3. And Samuel[H8050] spake[H559] unto all the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], If ye do return[H7725] unto Jehovah[H3068] with all your heart[H3824], then put away[H5493] the foreign[H5236] gods[H430] and the Ashtaroth[H6252] from among[H8432] you[H3559], and direct your hearts[H3824] unto Jehovah[H3068], and serve[H5647] him only[H5337]; and he will deliver you out of the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430].
4. Then the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] did put away[H5493] the Baalim[H1168] and the Ashtaroth[H6252], and served[H5647] Jehovah only[H3068].
5. And Samuel[H8050] said[H559], Gather[H6908] all Israel[H3478] to Mizpah[H4708], and I will pray[H6419] for you unto Jehovah[H3068].
6. And they gathered together[H6908] to Mizpah[H4709], and drew[H7579] water[H4325], and poured it out[H8210] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], and fasted[H6684] on that day[H3117], and said[H559] there[H2398], We have sinned against Jehovah[H3068]. And Samuel[H8050] judged[H8199] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] in Mizpah[H4708].
7. And when the Philistines[H6430] heard[H8085] that the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] were gathered together[H6908] to Mizpah[H4708], the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] went up[H5927] against Israel[H3478]. And when the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] heard[H8085] it[H3372], they were afraid of[H6440] the Philistines[H6430].
8. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] said[H559] to Samuel[H8050], Cease[H2790] not to cry[H2199] unto Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430] for us[H3467], that he will save us out of the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430].
9. And Samuel[H8050] took[H3947] a[H259] sucking[H2461] lamb[H2924], and offered[H5927] it for a whole[H3632] burnt-offering[H5930] unto Jehovah[H3068]: and Samuel[H8050] cried[H2199] unto Jehovah[H3068] for Israel[H3478]; and Jehovah[H3068] answered him[H6030].
10. And as Samuel[H8050] was offering up[H5927] the burnt-offering[H5930], the Philistines[H6430] drew near[H5066] to battle[H4421] against Israel[H3478]; but Jehovah[H3068] thundered[H7481] with a great[H1419] thunder[H6963] on that day[H3117] upon the Philistines[H6430], and discomfited[H2000] them[H5062]; and they were smitten down before[H6440] Israel[H3478].
11. And the men[H582] of Israel[H3478] went out[H3318] of Mizpah[H4709], and pursued[H7291] the Philistines[H6430], and smote[H5221] them[H1033], until they came under Beth-car.
12. Then Samuel[H8050] took[H3947] a[H259] stone[H68], and set[H7760] it between Mizpah[H4709] and Shen[H8129], and called[H7121] the name[H8034] of it Eben-ezer[H72], saying[H559], Hitherto hath Jehovah[H3068] helped us[H5826].
13. So the Philistines[H6430] were subdued[H3665], and they came[H935] no more[H3254] within the border[H1366] of Israel[H3478]: and the hand[H3027] of Jehovah[H3068] was against the Philistines[H6430] all the days[H3117] of Samuel[H8050].
14. And the cities[H5892] which the Philistines[H6430] had taken[H3947] from Israel[H3478] were restored[H7725] to Israel[H3478], from Ekron[H6138] even unto Gath[H1661]; and the border[H1366] thereof did Israel[H3478] deliver[H5337] out of the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430]. And there was peace[H7965] between Israel[H3478] and the Amorites[H567].
15. And Samuel[H8050] judged[H8199] Israel[H3478] all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416].
16. And he went[H1980] from[H1767] year[H8141] to year[H8141] in circuit[H5437] to Beth-el[H1008] and Gilgal[H1537], and Mizpah[H4709]; and he judged[H8199] Israel[H3478] in all those places[H4725].
17. And his return[H8666] was to Ramah[H7414], for there was his house[H1004]; and there he judged[H8199] Israel[H3478]: and he built[H1129] there an altar[H4196] unto Jehovah[H3068].
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