1 Samuel 7
7
1So the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the Lord and took it to Abinadab’s house on the hill. # 2Sm 6:3-4 They consecrated his son Eleazar to take care of it.
Victory at Mizpah
2Time went by until 20 years had passed since the ark had been taken to Kiriath-jearim. Then the whole house of Israel began to seek the Lord. 3Samuel told them, “If you # Ex 20:3 are returning to the Lord # Dt 13:4; 1Ch 19:3 with all your heart, # Dt 6:5; 30:10; Jl 2:12-14 get rid of the foreign gods # Jos 24:14,23; Jdg 10:16 and the Ashtoreths that are among you, dedicate yourselves to # Lit you and set your hearts on the Lord, and worship only Him. # Dt 6:13; Mt 4:10 Then He will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.” 4So the Israelites removed the Baals and the Ashtoreths # Jdg 2:13 and only worshiped the Lord.
5Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, # Jdg 20:1 and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf.” # 1Sm 8:6; 12:17,19,23 6When they gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out in the Lord’s presence. # 1Sm 1:15; Ps 62:8; Lm 2:19 They fasted that day, # Lv 16:29; Neh 9:1 and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the Lord.” # Jdg 10:10 And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
7When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. When the Israelites heard about it, they were afraid because of the Philistines. 8The Israelites said to Samuel, “Don’t stop crying out to the Lord our God for us, so that He will save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
9Then Samuel took a young lamb # Lv 22:27 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. # Ps 99:6; Jr 15:1 10Samuel was offering the burnt offering as the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel. The Lord thundered loudly # 1Sm 2:10; 2Sm 22:14 against the Philistines that day and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel. # Ex 23:27; Jos 10:10; Jdg 4:15 11Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines striking them down all the way to a place below Beth-car.
12Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it upright # Jos 4:9 between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, # = Stone of Help explaining, “The Lord has helped us to this point.” 13So the Philistines were subdued # Jdg 13:1-15 and # LXX reads The Lord humbled the Philistines and they did not invade Israel’s territory again. # 1Sm 13:5 The Lord’s hand was against the Philistines all of Samuel’s life. 14The cities from Ekron to Gath, which they had taken from Israel, were restored; Israel even rescued their surrounding territories from Philistine control. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.
15Samuel judged Israel throughout his life. # 1Sm 7:6; 12:11 16Every year he would go on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah and would judge Israel at all these locations. 17Then he would return to Ramah # 1Sm 1:1,19; 2:11 because his home was there, he judged Israel there, and he built an altar to the Lord there.
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1 Kings 7
7
1And the men of Cariathiarim came and fetched up the ark of the Lord and carried it into the house of Abinadab in Gabaa. And they sanctified Eleazar his son, to keep the ark of the Lord.
2And it came to pass, that from the day the ark of the Lord abode in Cariathiarim days were multiplied (for it was now the twentieth year,) and all the house of Israel rested following the Lord.
3And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth. And prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
4Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Astaroth, and served the Lord only.
5And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.
6And they gathered together to Masphath. And they drew water, and poured it out before the Lord; and they fasted on that day, and they said there: We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Masphath.
7And the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Masphath; and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard this, they were afraid of the Philistines.
8And they said to Samuel: Cease not to cry to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
9And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it whole for a holocaust to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel. And the Lord heard him.
10And it came to pass, when Samuel was offering the holocaust, the Philistines began the battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and terrified them; and they were overthrown before the face of Israel.
11And the men of Israel going out of Masphath pursued after the Philistines, and made slaughter of them till they came under Bethchar.
12And Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath and Sen: and he called the place, the Stone of Help. And he said: Thus far the Lord hath helped us.
13And the Philistines were humbled, and they did not come any more into the borders of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines, all the days of Samuel.
14And the cities, which the Philistines had taken from Israel, were restored to Israel, from Accaron to Geth, and their borders. And he delivered Israel from the hand of the Philistines; and there was peace between Israel and the Amorrhites.
15And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life:
16And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath; and he judged Israel in the aforesaid places.
17And he returned to Ramatha; for there was his house, and there he judged Israel. He built also there an altar to the Lord.
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