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Text -- 1 Samuel 7:1-17 (NET)
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7:1 Then the people of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord ; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill . They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord .
Further Conflict with the Philistines
7:2 It was quite a long time – some twenty years in all– that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim . All the people of Israel longed for the Lord .
7:3 Samuel said to all the people of Israel , “If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts , remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth . Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines .”
7:4 So the Israelites removed the Baals and images of Ashtoreth . They served only the Lord .
7:5 Then Samuel said , “Gather all Israel to Mizpah , and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf .”
7:6 After they had assembled at Mizpah , they drew water and poured it out before the Lord . They fasted on that day , and they confessed there , “We have sinned against the Lord .” So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah .
7:7 When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah , the leaders of the Philistines went up against Israel . When the Israelites heard about this, they were afraid of the Philistines .
7:8 The Israelites said to Samuel , “Keep crying out to the Lord our God so that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines !”
7:9 So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord . Samuel cried out to the Lord on Israel’s behalf , and the Lord answered him.
7:10 As Samuel was offering burnt offerings , the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel . But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines . He caused them to panic , and they were defeated by Israel .
7:11 Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines , striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car .
7:12 Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen . He named it Ebenezer , saying , “Up to here the Lord has helped us.”
7:13 So the Philistines were defeated ; they did not invade Israel again . The hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel .
7:14 The cities that the Philistines had captured from Israel were returned to Israel , from Ekron to Gath . Israel also delivered their territory from the control of the Philistines . There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites .
7:15 So Samuel led Israel all the days of his life .
7:16 Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel , Gilgal , and Mizpah ; he used to judge Israel in all of these places .
7:17 Then he would return to Ramah , because his home was there . He also judged Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Samuel |
Philistines |
PRAYER |
David |
Mizpah |
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF |
JUDGES, PERIOD OF |
Intercession |
SOREK, VALLEY OF |
MEDIATION; MEDIATOR |
Abinadab |
EBEN-EZER |
Eleazar |
Revivals |
God |
TABERNACLE, A |
Judge |
Repentance |
Judges, Book of |
Shen |
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NET Notes: 1Sa 7:2 Heb “mourned after”; NIV “mourned and sought after”; KJV, NRSV “lamented after”; NAB “turned to”; NCV ...
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NET Notes: 1Sa 7:3 Following imperatives, the jussive verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.
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NET Notes: 1Sa 7:8 After the negated jussive, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.
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NET Notes: 1Sa 7:9 Heb “a lamb of milk”; NAB “an unweaned lamb”; NIV “a suckling lamb”; NCV “a baby lamb.”
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