1Samuel: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 . * 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 . * And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel , saying , If ye 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 . * And the children of Israel took away Baalim and the groves of Astaroth , and served the Lord only . * And Samuel said , Gather all Israel to Massephath , and I will pray for you to the Lord . * 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 . * 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 . * And the children of Israel said to Samuel , Cease not to cry to the Lord thy God for us , and he shall save us out of the hand of the Philistines . * 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 . * 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 . * And the men of Israel went forth out of Massephath , and pursued the Philistines , and smote them to the parts under Baethchor . * 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 . * 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 . * And the cities which the Philistines took from the children of Israel were restored ; and they restored them to Israel (note :)Alex . from Accaron to Geth ; So the Hebrews .(:note ) 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 . * And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life . * And he went year by year , and went round Baethel , and Galgala , and Massephath ; and he judged Israel in all these consecrated places . * And his return was to Armathaim , because there was his house ; and there he judged Israel , and built there an altar to the Lord .

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