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And the men◦ of Kiriath-jearim came, and brought··up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it to▵ the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.
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And it was, from the day that the ark sat in Kiriath-jearim, that the days were··multiplied, and they were twenty years; and all the house of Israel wailed◦ after Jehovah.
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And Samuel said to▵ all the house of Israel, saying, If with all your heart you◦ return to▵ Jehovah, remove the foreign gods from your midst, and the Ashtaroth, and prepare your heart to▵ Jehovah, and serve Him alone, then He will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.
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And the sons of Israel removed the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah alone.
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And Samuel said, Bring··together all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for▫ you unto▵ Jehovah.
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And they came··together toward Mizpah, and drew◦ water, and spilled it before Jehovah, and fasted in that◦ day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the sons of Israel in Mizpah.
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And the Philistines heard that the sons of Israel had come··together to Mizpah, and the satraps of the Philistines went··up against▵ Israel. And the sons of Israel heard it, and they feared before the Philistines.
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And the sons of Israel said to▵ Samuel, Be· not ·silent from crying to▵ Jehovah our God from us, and He will save us from the hand of the Philistines.
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And Samuel took one young· suckling ·lamb*, and offered· it ·up for a burnt··offering, wholly to Jehovah; and Samuel cried unto▵ Jehovah for▫ Israel, and Jehovah answered him.
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And it was, that Samuel was offering··up the burnt··offering, and the Philistines approached to battle with Israel, that Jehovah thundered with a great voice on◦ that◦ day against the Philistines, and routed them; and they were stricken before Israel.
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And the men◦ of Israel went··out from Mizpah and they pursued the Philistines, and they smote them until under Beth-car.
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And Samuel took one stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, and said, Hitherto has Jehovah helped us.
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And the Philistines were humbled, and they came not again into the border of Israel; and the hand of Jehovah was upon the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
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And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were returned to Israel, from Ekron even··to Gath; and the borders thereof did Israel rescue out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorite.
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And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
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And he went◦ from year to year, and went··around from Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all these places.
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And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto Jehovah.
