1 Samuel 7:6

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 ¹  there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” So Samuel led ²  the people of Israel at Mizpah.

1 Samuel 7:15-17

7:15 So Samuel led ³  Israel all the days of his life. 7:16 Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, ⁴  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 ⁵  Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there.

¹ tn Heb “said.”

² tn Heb “judged”; NAB “began to judge”; TEV “settled disputes among.”

³ tn Heb “judged” (also in v. 17).

⁵ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁷ tn Or perhaps “settled disputes for” (cf. NLT “would hear cases there”; NRSV “administered justice there”).