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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.
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