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1. The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took the Ark of the Lord to Abinadab's house on a hill. There they made Abinadab's son Eleazar holy for the Lord so he could guard the Ark of the Lord.
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1. And the men H376 of Kirjath H7157 -jearim came H935 , and fetched up H5927 H853 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 , and brought H935 it into H413 the house H1004 of Abinadab H41 in the hill H1389 , and sanctified H6942 Eleazar H499 his son H1121 to keep H8104 H853 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 .
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2. The Ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim a long time -- twenty years in all. And the people of Israel began to follow the Lord again.
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2. And it came to pass H1961 , while H4480 H3117 the ark H727 abode H3427 in Kirjath H7157 -jearim , that the time H3117 was long H7235 ; for it was H1961 twenty H6242 years H8141 : and all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 lamented H5091 after H310 the LORD H3068 .
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3. Samuel spoke to the whole group of Israel, saying, "If you're turning back to the Lord with all your hearts, you must remove your foreign gods and your idols of Ashtoreth. You must give yourselves fully to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will save you from the Philistines."
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3. And Samuel H8050 spoke H559 unto H413 all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 , saying H559 , If H518 ye H859 do return H7725 unto H413 the LORD H3068 with all H3605 your hearts H3824 , then put away H5493 H853 the strange H5236 gods H430 and Ashtaroth H6252 from among H4480 H8432 you , and prepare H3559 your hearts H3824 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , and serve H5647 him only H905 : and he will deliver H5337 you out of the hand H4480 H3027 of the Philistines H6430 .
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4. So the Israelites put away their idols of Baal and Ashtoreth, and they served only the Lord.
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4. Then the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did put away H5493 H853 Baalim H1168 and Ashtaroth H6252 , and served H5647 H853 the LORD H3068 only H905 .
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5. Samuel said, "All Israel must meet at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."
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5. And Samuel H8050 said H559 , Gather H6908 H853 all H3605 Israel H3478 to Mizpeh H4709 , and I will pray H6419 for H1157 you unto H413 the LORD H3068 .
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6. So the Israelites met together at Mizpah. They drew water from the ground and poured it out before the Lord and did not eat that day. They confessed, "We have sinned against the Lord." And Samuel served as judge of Israel at Mizpah.
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6. 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 H1931 day H3117 , and said H559 there H8033 , We have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 . And Samuel H8050 judged H8199 H853 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 in Mizpeh H4709 .
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7. The Philistines heard the Israelites were meeting at Mizpah, so the Philistine kings came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard they were coming, they were afraid.
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7. And when the Philistines H6430 heard H8085 that H3588 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were gathered together H6908 to Mizpeh H4709 , the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 went up H5927 against H413 Israel H3478 . And when the children H1121 of Israel H3478 heard H8085 it , they were afraid H3372 of H4480 H6440 the Philistines H6430 .
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8. They said to Samuel, "Don't stop praying to the Lord our God for us! Ask him to save us from the Philistines!"
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8. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559 to H413 Samuel H8050 , Cease H2790 not H408 to cry H4480 H2199 unto H413 the LORD H3068 our God H430 for H4480 us , that he will save H3467 us out of the hand H4480 H3027 of the Philistines H6430 .
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9. Then Samuel took a baby lamb and offered it to the Lord as a whole burnt offering. He called to the Lord for Israel's sake, and the Lord answered him.
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9. And Samuel H8050 took H3947 a H259 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 H413 the LORD H3068 for H1157 Israel H3478 ; and the LORD H3068 heard H6030 him.
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10. While Samuel was burning the offering, the Philistines came near to attack Israel. But the Lord thundered against them with loud thunder. They were so frightened they became confused. So the Israelites defeated the Philistines in battle.
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10. And as Samuel H8050 was H1961 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 H1931 day H3117 upon H5921 the Philistines H6430 , and discomfited H2000 them ; and they were smitten H5062 before H6440 Israel H3478 .
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11. The men of Israel ran out of Mizpah and chased the Philistines almost to Beth Car, killing the Philistines along the way.
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11. And the men H376 of Israel H3478 went out H3318 of H4480 Mizpeh H4709 , and pursued H7291 H853 the Philistines H6430 , and smote H5221 them, until H5704 they came under H4480 H8478 Beth H1033 -car.
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12. After this happened Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named the stone Ebenezer, saying, "The Lord has helped us to this point."
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12. Then Samuel H8050 took H3947 a H259 stone H68 , and set H7760 it between H996 Mizpeh H4709 and Shen H8129 , and called H7121 H853 the name H8034 of it Ebenezer H72 , saying H559 , Hitherto H5704 H2009 hath the LORD H3068 helped H5826 us.
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13. So the Philistines were defeated and did not enter the Israelites' land again. The Lord was against the Philistines all Samuel's life.
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13. So the Philistines H6430 were subdued H3665 , and they came H935 no H3808 more H3254 H5750 into the coast H1366 of Israel H3478 : and the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was H1961 against the Philistines H6430 all H3605 the days H3117 of Samuel H8050 .
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14. Earlier the Philistines had taken towns from the Israelites, but the Israelites won them back, from Ekron to Gath. They also took back from the Philistines the lands near these towns. There was peace also between Israel and the Amorites.
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14. And the cities H5892 which H834 the Philistines H6430 had taken H3947 from H4480 H854 Israel H3478 were restored H7725 to Israel H3478 , from Ekron H4480 H6138 even unto H5704 Gath H1661 ; and the coasts H1366 thereof did Israel H3478 deliver H5337 out of the hands H4480 H3027 of the Philistines H6430 . And there was H1961 peace H7965 between H996 Israel H3478 and the Amorites H567 .
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15. Samuel continued as judge of Israel all his life.
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15. And Samuel H8050 judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 all H3605 the days H3117 of his life H2416 .
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16. Every year he went from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah and judged the Israelites in all these towns.
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16. And he went H1980 from H4880 H1767 year H8141 to year H8141 in circuit H5437 to Bethel H1008 , and Gilgal H1537 , and Mizpeh H4709 , and judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 in H854 all H3605 those H428 places H4725 .
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17. But Samuel always went back to Ramah, where his home was. There he judged Israel and built an altar to the Lord.
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17. And his return H8666 was to Ramah H7414 ; for H3588 there H8033 was his house H1004 ; and there H8033 he judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 ; and there H8033 he built H1129 an altar H4196 unto the LORD H3068 .
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