1 Samuel 7:15-17

7:15 So Samuel led ¹  Israel all the days of his life. 7:16 Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, ²  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 ³  Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there.

[7:15]  ¹ tn Heb “judged” (also in v. 17).

[7:16]  ² map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[7:17]  ³ tn Or perhaps “settled disputes for” (cf. NLT “would hear cases there”; NRSV “administered justice there”).