1 SAMUEL 7
1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim 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.
2 And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your heart, then put away the strange gods and the 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.
4 Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
6 And they gathered together to Mizpah, 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 Mizpah.
7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
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.
9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD answered him.
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 down before Israel.
11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.
12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more within the border of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the border thereof did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
17 And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto the LORD.
Cross-references
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- 12Sa 6:2–4, Psa 132:6, 1Sa 6:21, Isa 52:11, 1Ch 13:5–7, Jos 18:14
- 2Jer 31:9, Jer 3:22–25, Zec 12:10–11, Jdg 2:4, Mat 5:4, 2Co 7:10–11, Jer 3:13
- 3Luk 4:8, Deu 13:4, Mat 4:10, Deu 6:13, Isa 55:7, Jos 24:14, Jhn 4:24, Deu 10:20
- 4Hos 14:8, Hos 14:3, Jdg 10:15–16, Jdg 2:13, Jdg 2:11, 1Ki 11:33
- 5Jdg 20:1, 1Sa 12:23, 2Ki 25:23, Neh 9:1, 1Sa 10:17, Jos 15:38, 1Sa 7:12, Jol 2:16
- 61Sa 1:15, 2Sa 14:14, Jdg 10:10, Psa 62:8, Jol 2:12, Psa 106:6, Jer 9:1, 1Ki 8:47
- 71Sa 17:11, 1Sa 13:6, 2Ch 20:3, Exo 14:10
- 8Isa 37:4, Jas 5:16, 1Sa 12:19–24, Isa 62:6–7, Isa 62:1
- 9Jer 15:1, Psa 99:6, 1Sa 7:17, Psa 50:15, Jas 5:16, 1Sa 16:2, 1Sa 9:12, 1Sa 10:8
- 101Sa 2:10, 1Sa 12:17, Jos 10:10, Jdg 5:20, 2Sa 22:14–15, Deu 20:3–4, Zec 4:6, Psa 18:11–14
- 122Co 1:10, Jos 4:9, Act 26:22, Gen 22:14, Gen 35:14, 1Sa 5:1, Isa 46:3–4, Gen 31:45–52
- 13Jdg 13:1, 1Sa 17:49–53, Jdg 13:5, 1Sa 31:1–7, 1Sa 14:6–16, 1Sa 28:3–5, 1Sa 13:1–5, 1Sa 14:20–23
- 14Psa 106:34, Deu 7:16, Deu 7:2, Jdg 4:17
- 151Sa 7:6, Act 13:20–21, Jdg 2:16, 1Sa 25:1, 1Sa 12:1, 1Sa 12:11, Jdg 3:10–11
- 16Jdg 5:10, Jdg 12:14, Jdg 10:4, Psa 82:3–4, Psa 75:2
- 171Sa 1:19, 1Sa 1:1, 1Sa 8:4, 1Sa 19:18–23, Gen 35:7, Jdg 21:4–5, 1Sa 11:15, 1Ki 18:30–36
Topics in this chapter
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Abinadab, Altar, Amorites, Ark, Ashtoreth, Baal, Baalim, Beth-Car, Beth-El, Court, Ebenezer, Eleazar (Eleazer), Fasting, Gibeah, Gilgal, God, Hand, Intercession, Judge, Kirjath-Jearim, Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena, Mizpah, Philistines, Pillar, Ramah, Repentance, Revivals, Samuel, Shen, Stones, Thankfulness, Thunder, Water