Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Then
the men of Kiriath -
jearim came for
the ark of the
LORD
and took
it into Abinadab’s
house on
the hill .
And they
consecrated
his son Eleazar
to guard
the ark of the
LORD
.
The men of Kiriath Jearim came ,
and
fetched
up
the ark of Yahweh,
and brought
it into the
house of
Abinadab
in
the hill ,
and sanctified
Eleazar
his son to keep
the ark of Yahweh
.
And
from that
day a
long
time
passed,
twenty
years
in
all,
as
the ark remained
at
Kiriath -
jearim .
And all the house of Israel mourned
and
sought
after the
LORD
.
It
happened,
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 Yahweh
.
Then
Samuel said
to all the house of Israel, “
If you are
returning
to the
LORD
with all your hearts
, then rid
yourselves
of
the foreign gods and Ashtoreths
among you, prepare
your hearts for
the
LORD
, and serve Him only .
And He will deliver you from
the hand of the Philistines. ”
Samuel spoke
to all the house of Israel, saying,
If you do
return
to Yahweh
with all your heart
, then put
away
the foreign gods and the
Ashtaroth
from
among you, and
direct
your hearts to
Yahweh
, and serve him only ;
and he will deliver you out
of
the hand of the Philistines.
So
the Israelites
put away the Baals and Ashtoreths
and served only the
LORD
.
Then
the children
of
Israel
did
put away the Baals and the
Ashtaroth,
and served Yahweh
only.
Then
Samuel said, “
Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the
LORD
on
your
behalf
. ”
Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for
you
to Yahweh
.
When
they had
gathered at
Mizpah, they
drew water and poured it out before the
LORD.
On that day they
fasted
, and there they
confessed
, “
We have sinned against the
LORD
. ”
And
Samuel judged the Israelites
at
Mizpah.
They gathered together
to
Mizpah, and
drew water ,
and poured it out before Yahweh,
and
fasted
on that day, and said
there, We have sinned against Yahweh
. Samuel judged the children
of
Israel
in
Mizpah.
When the Philistines heard that the Israelites
had
gathered at Mizpah, their
rulers
marched
up toward
Israel. And
when the Israelites
learned
of this
, they feared
the Philistines
When the Philistines heard that the children
of
Israel
were
gathered together
at Mizpah, the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
up against
Israel. When the children
of Israel
heard
it
, they were
afraid
of
the Philistines .
and
said to Samuel, “Do
not
stop
crying
out
to the
LORD
our God for us, that He may
save us from
the hand of the Philistines. ”
The
children
of
Israel
said to Samuel, "Don't
cease
to cry
to
Yahweh
our God for us, that he will
save us out
of
the hand of the Philistines. "
Then
Samuel took a suckling
lamb and offered it as
a whole burnt offering to the
LORD.
He
cried out
to the
LORD
on
behalf
of
Israel ,
and the
LORD
answered him.
Samuel took a sucking
lamb ,
and offered it for
a whole burnt -
offering to Yahweh:
and
Samuel
cried to Yahweh
for
Israel ;
and Yahweh
answered him.
As the Philistines drew near to fight
against Israel ,
Samuel
was
sacrificing
the
burnt
offering.
But that day the
LORD
thundered
loudly
against
the Philistines and threw
them into
such
confusion
that
they fled
before Israel.
As Samuel
was
offering
up
the burnt
offering,
the
Philistines drew near to battle
against Israel ;
but Yahweh
thundered
with
a
great
thunder
on
that day on
the Philistines ,
and confused
them ;
and
they were
struck
down
before Israel.
Then
the men of Israel charged
out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking
them down
all
the
way
to
an
area
below
Beth -car
.
The men of Israel went
out of Mizpah ,
and pursued the Philistines, and
struck
them ,
until
they
came
under
Beth Kar
.
Afterward,
Samuel took a stone and set it up
between Mizpah and Shen .
He
named
it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus
far
the
LORD
has helped us. ”
Then
Samuel took a stone ,
and set it between Mizpah and Shen ,
and
called
the
name
of
it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto
has Yahweh
helped us.
So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped
invading
the territory
of Israel .
And the hand of the
LORD
was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
So the Philistines were subdued, and they came
no
more
within
the border
of Israel :
and the hand of Yahweh
was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
The cities from
Ekron
to
Gath,
which the Philistines had taken ,
were restored to Israel, who
also
delivered
the
surrounding
territory
from the hand of the Philistines. And
there was peace between the
Israelites
and the Amorites.
The cities which the Philistines had taken from
Israel
were restored to Israel, from Ekron
even
to
Gath;
and
the border
of
it
did
Israel
deliver
out
of
the
hand of the Philistines. There was peace between Israel
and the Amorites.
So
Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
Every
year
he would
go
on
a
circuit
from Bethel
to Gilgal
to Mizpah
, judging
Israel in all these
places.
He went
from year
to year
in
circuit
to Bethel
and
Gilgal
, and
Mizpah;
and
he
judged
Israel in all those
places.
Then
he
would
return to Ramah because
his
home
was
there
, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the
LORD
.
His
return was
to Ramah, for
there
was
his
house;
and there he judged Israel :
and he
built there
an altar to Yahweh
.
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