1Samuel:7
Seeker Overlay ON
*
And the men of Kirjathjearim 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 .
*
And it came to pass ,
while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim ,
that the time was long ;
for it was twenty years :
and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD .
*
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel ,
saying ,
If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts ,
then put away the strange gods and 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 .
*
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth ,
and served the LORD only .
*
And Samuel said ,
Gather all Israel to Mizpeh ,
and I will pray for you unto the LORD .
*
And they gathered together to Mizpeh ,
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 Mizpeh .
*
And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh ,
the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel .
And when the children of Israel heard it ,
they were afraid of the Philistines .
*
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 .
*
And Samuel took a sucking lamb ,
and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD :
and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel ;
and the LORD heard him .
*
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 before Israel .
*
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh ,
and pursued the Philistines ,
and smote them ,
until they came under Bethcar .
*
Then Samuel took a stone ,
and set it between Mizpeh and Shen ,
and called the name of it Ebenezer ,
saying ,
Hitherto hath the LORD helped us .
*
So the Philistines were subdued ,
and they came no more into the coast of Israel :
and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel .
*
And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel ,
from Ekron even unto Gath ;
and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines .
And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites .
*
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life .
*
And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel ,
and Gilgal ,
and Mizpeh ,
and judged Israel in all those places .
*
And his return was to Ramah ;
for there was his house ;
and there he judged Israel ;
and there he built an altar unto the LORD .