1Sam 7
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And the men of Cariathiarim come, and bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord:
and they bring it into the house of Aminadab in the hill; and they sanctified Eleazar
his son to keep the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
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And it came to pass from the time that the ark was in Cariathiarim, the days were
multiplied, and the time was twenty years; and all the house of Israel looked after
the Lord.
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And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do with all your heart
return to the Lord, take away the strange gods from the midst of you, and the groves,
and prepare your hearts to serve the Lord, and serve him only; and he shall deliver
you from the hand of the Philistines.
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And the children of Israel took away Baalim and the groves of Astaroth, and served
the Lord only.
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And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Massephath, and I will pray for you to the Lord.
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And they were gathered together to Massephath, and they drew water, and poured it
out upon the earth before the Lord. And they fasted on that day, and said, We have
sinned before the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Massephath.
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And the Philistines heard that all the children of Israel were gathered together to
Massephath: and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel: and the children
of Israel heard, and they feared before the Philistines.
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And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry to the Lord your God for
us, and he shall save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
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And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it up as a whole-burnt-offering with all
the people to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard
him.
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And Samuel was offering the whole-burnt-offering; and the Philistines drew near to
war against Israel; and the Lord thundered with a mighty sound in that day upon the
Philistines, and they were confounded and overthrown before Israel.
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And the men of Israel went forth out of Massephath, and pursued the Philistines, and
smote them to the parts under Baethchor.
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And Samuel took a stone, and set it up between Massephath and the old city; and he
called the name of it Abenezer, stone of the helper; and he said, Hitherto has the
Lord helped us.
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So the Lord humbled the Philistines, and they did not anymore come into the border
of Israel; and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
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And the cities which the Philistines took from the children of Israel were restored;
and they restored them to Israel Alex. from Accaron to Geth; So the Heb. from Ascalon to Azob: and they took the coast of
Israel out of the hand of the Philistines;
and there was peace between Israel and the Amorite.
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And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
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And he went year by year, and went round Baethel, and Galgala, and Massephath; and
he judged Israel in all these consecrated places.
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And his return was to Armathaim, because there was his house; and there he judged
Israel, and built there an altar to the Lord.