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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.
02 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.
03 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.
04 Then the children of Israel did put away
Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.
05 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh,
and I will pray for you unto the Lord.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
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09 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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