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1 Samuel

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1 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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 Then the chil­dren of Is­rael did put away Baal­im and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD on­ly. 5 And Samuel said, Gath­er all Is­rael to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. 6 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. 7 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. 8 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. 9 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. 10 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. 11 And the men of Is­rael went out of Mizpeh, and pur­sued the Philistines, and smote them, un­til they came un­der Beth­car. 12 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. 13 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. 14 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. 15 And Samuel judged Is­rael all the days of his life. 16 And he went from year to year in cir­cuit to Bethel, and Gil­gal, and Mizpeh, and judged Is­rael in all those places. 17 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.