And the men <H0582> of Kirjathjearim <H7157> came, <H0935> and fetched up <H5927> the ark <H0727> of the LORD, <H3068> and brought <H0935> it into the house <H1004> of Abinadab <H0041> in the hill, <H1389> <H1390> and sanctified <H6942> Eleazar <H0499> his son <H1121> to keep <H8104> the ark <H0727> of the LORD. <H3068>
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And it came to pass, while <H3117> the ark <H0727> abode <H3427> in Kirjathjearim, <H7157> that the time <H3117> was long; <H7235> for it was twenty <H6242> years: <H8141> and all the house <H1004> of Israel <H3478> lamented <H5091> after <H0310> the LORD. <H3068>
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And Samuel <H8050> spake <H0559> unto all the house <H1004> of Israel, <H3478> saying, <H0559> If ye do return <H7725> unto the LORD <H3068> with all your hearts, <H3824> [then] put away <H5493> the strange <H5236> gods <H0430> and Ashtaroth <H6252> from among <H8432> you, and prepare <H3559> your hearts <H3824> unto the LORD, <H3068> and serve <H5647> him only: and he will deliver <H5337> you out of the hand <H3027> of the Philistines. <H6430>
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Then the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> did put away <H5493> Baalim <H1168> and Ashtaroth, <H6252> and served <H5647> the LORD <H3068> only.
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And Samuel <H8050> said, <H0559> Gather <H6908> all Israel <H3478> to Mizpeh, <H4708> and I will pray <H6419> for you unto the LORD. <H3068>
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And they gathered together <H6908> to Mizpeh, <H4709> and drew <H7579> water, <H4325> and poured [it] out <H8210> before <H6440> the LORD, <H3068> and fasted <H6684> on that day, <H3117> and said <H0559> there, We have sinned <H2398> against the LORD. <H3068> And Samuel <H8050> judged <H8199> the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> in Mizpeh. <H4708>
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And when the Philistines <H6430> heard <H8085> that the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> were gathered together <H6908> to Mizpeh, <H4708> the lords <H5633> of the Philistines <H6430> went up <H5927> against Israel. <H3478> And when the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> heard <H8085> [it], they were afraid <H3372> of <H6440> the Philistines. <H6430>
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And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> said <H0559> to Samuel, <H8050> Cease <H2790> not to cry <H2199> unto the LORD <H3068> our God <H0430> for us, that he will save <H3467> us out of the hand <H3027> of the Philistines. <H6430>
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And Samuel <H8050> took <H3947> a <H0259> sucking <H2461> lamb, <H2924> and offered <H5927> [it for] a burnt offering <H5930> wholly <H3632> unto the LORD: <H3068> and Samuel <H8050> cried <H2199> unto the LORD <H3068> for Israel; <H3478> and the LORD <H3068> heard <H6030> him.
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And as Samuel <H8050> was offering up <H5927> the burnt offering, <H5930> the Philistines <H6430> drew near <H5066> to battle <H4421> against Israel: <H3478> but the LORD <H3068> thundered <H7481> with a great <H1419> thunder <H6963> on that day <H3117> upon the Philistines, <H6430> and discomfited <H2000> them; and they were smitten <H5062> before <H6440> Israel. <H3478>
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And the men <H0582> of Israel <H3478> went out <H3318> of Mizpeh, <H4709> and pursued <H7291> the Philistines, <H6430> and smote <H5221> them, until [they came] under Bethcar. <H1033>
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Then Samuel <H8050> took <H3947> a <H0259> stone, <H0068> and set <H7760> [it] between Mizpeh <H4709> and Shen, <H8129> and called <H7121> the name <H8034> of it Ebenezer, <H0072> saying, <H0559> Hitherto hath the LORD <H3068> helped <H5826> us.
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So the Philistines <H6430> were subdued, <H3665> and they came <H0935> no more <H3254> into the coast <H1366> of Israel: <H3478> and the hand <H3027> of the LORD <H3068> was against the Philistines <H6430> all the days <H3117> of Samuel. <H8050>
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And the cities <H5892> which the Philistines <H6430> had taken <H3947> from Israel <H3478> were restored <H7725> to Israel, <H3478> from Ekron <H6138> even unto Gath; <H1661> and the coasts <H1366> thereof did Israel <H3478> deliver <H5337> out of the hands <H3027> of the Philistines. <H6430> And there was peace <H7965> between Israel <H3478> and the Amorites. <H0567>
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And Samuel <H8050> judged <H8199> Israel <H3478> all the days <H3117> of his life. <H2416>
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And he went <H1980> from <H1767> year <H8141> to year <H8141> in circuit <H5437> to Bethel, <H1008> and Gilgal, <H1537> and Mizpeh, <H4709> and judged <H8199> Israel <H3478> in all those places. <H4725>
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And his return <H8666> [was] to Ramah; <H7414> for there [was] his house; <H1004> and there he judged <H8199> Israel; <H3478> and there he built <H1129> an altar <H4196> unto the LORD. <H3068>