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And the men[H582] of Kirjathjearim[H7157]came[H935], and fetched up[H5927] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068], and brought[H935] it into the house[H1004] of Abinadab[H41] in the hill[H1389], and sanctified[H6942]Eleazar[H499] his son[H1121] to keep[H8104] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068].
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And it came to pass, while[H3117] the ark[H727]abode[H3427] in Kirjathjearim[H7157], that the time[H3117] was long[H7235]; for it was twenty[H6242]years[H8141]: and all the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]lamented[H5091]after[H310] the LORD[H3068].
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And Samuel[H8050]spake[H559] unto all the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], If ye do return[H7725] unto the LORD[H3068] with all your hearts[H3824], then put away[H5493] the strange[H5236]gods[H430] and Ashtaroth[H6252] from among[H8432] you, and prepare[H3559] your hearts[H3824] unto the LORD[H3068], and serve[H5647] him only: and he will deliver[H5337] you out of the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430].
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Then the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] did put away[H5493]Baalim[H1168] and Ashtaroth[H6252], and served[H5647] the LORD[H3068] only.
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And Samuel[H8050]said[H559], Gather[H6908] all Israel[H3478] to Mizpeh[H4708], and I will pray[H6419] for you unto the LORD[H3068].
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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 day[H3117], and said[H559] there, We have sinned[H2398] against the LORD[H3068]. And Samuel[H8050]judged[H8199] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] in Mizpeh[H4708].
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And when the Philistines[H6430]heard[H8085] that the children[H1121]of[H6440]Israel[H3478] were gathered together[H6908] to Mizpeh[H4708], the lords[H5633]of[H6440] the Philistines[H6430] went up[H5927] against Israel[H3478]. And when the children[H1121]of[H6440]Israel[H3478]heard[H8085] it, they were afraid[H3372]of[H6440] the Philistines[H6430].
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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]said[H559] to Samuel[H8050], Cease[H2790] not to cry[H2199] unto the LORD[H3068] our God[H430] for us, that he will save[H3467] us out of the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430].
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And Samuel[H8050]took[H3947]a[H259]sucking[H2461]lamb[H2924], and offered[H5927] it for a[H259] burnt offering[H5930]wholly[H3632] unto the LORD[H3068]: and Samuel[H8050]cried[H2199] unto the LORD[H3068] for Israel[H3478]; and the LORD[H3068]heard[H6030] him.
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And as Samuel[H8050] was offering[H5930]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 day[H3117] upon the Philistines[H6430], and discomfited[H2000] them; and they were smitten[H5062]before[H6440]Israel[H3478].
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And the men[H582] of Israel[H3478] went out[H3318] of Mizpeh[H4709], and pursued[H7291] the Philistines[H6430], and smote[H5221] them, until they came under Bethcar[H1033].
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Then Samuel[H8050]took[H3947]a[H259]stone[H68], and set[H7760] it between Mizpeh[H4709] and Shen[H8129], and called[H7121] the name[H8034] of it Ebenezer[H72], saying[H559], Hitherto hath the LORD[H3068]helped[H5826] us.
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So the Philistines[H6430] were subdued[H3665], and they came[H935] no more[H3254] into the coast[H1366] of Israel[H3478]: and the hand[H3027] of the LORD[H3068] was against the Philistines[H6430] all the days[H3117] of Samuel[H8050].
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And the cities[H5892] which the Philistines[H6430] had taken[H3947] from Israel[H3478] were restored[H7725] to Israel[H3478], from Ekron[H6138] even unto Gath[H1661]; and the coasts[H1366] thereof did Israel[H3478]deliver[H5337] out of the hands[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430]. And there was peace[H7965] between Israel[H3478] and the Amorites[H567].
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And Samuel[H8050]judged[H8199]Israel[H3478] all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416].
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And he went[H1980]from[H1767]year[H8141] to year[H8141] in circuit[H5437] to Bethel[H1008], and Gilgal[H1537], and Mizpeh[H4709], and judged[H8199]Israel[H3478] in all those places[H4725].
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And his return[H8666] was to Ramah[H7414]; for there was his house[H1004]; and there he judged[H8199]Israel[H3478]; and there he built[H1129] an altar[H4196] unto the LORD[H3068].