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The First
Book of Samuel 7
And then men of Cariathiarim came and fetched up the
ark of the Lord and carried it into the house of Abinadab
in Gabaa: and they sanctified Eleazar his son, to keep
the ark of the Lord.
And it came to pass, that from the day the ark of the
Lord abode in Cariathiarim days were multiplied, (for
it was now the twentieth year,) and all the house of
Israel rested following the Lord.
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying:
If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away
the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth:
and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him
only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the
Philistines.
Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Astaroth,
and served the Lord only.
And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that
I may pray to the Lord for you.
And they gathered together to Masphath: and they drew
water, and poured it out before the Lord, and they fasted
on that day, and they said there: We have sinned against
the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in
Masphath.
And the Philistines heard that the children of Israel
were gathered together to Masphath, and the lords of
the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the
children of Israel heard this, they were afraid of the
Philistines.
And they said to Samuel: Cease not to cry to the Lord
our God for us, that he may save us out of the hand
of the Philistines.
And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it whole
for a holocaust to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the
Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him.
And it came to pass, when Samuel was offering the holocaust,
the Philistines began the battle against Israel: but
the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day
upon the Philistines, and terrified them, and they were
overthrown before the face of Israel.
And the men of Israel going out of Masphath pursued
after the Philistines, and made slaughter of them till
they came under Bethchar.
And Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath
and Sen: and he called the place, the Stone of help.
And he said: Thus far the Lord hath helped us.
And the Philistines were humbled, and they did not come
any more into the borders of Israel. And the hand of
the Lord was against the Philistines, all the days of
Samuel.
And the cities, which the Philistines had taken from
Israel, were restored to Israel, from Accaron to Geth,
and their borders: and he delivered Israel from the
hand of the Philistines, and there was peace between
Israel and the Amorrhites.
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life:
And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal
and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the aforesaid
places.
And he returned to Ramatha, for there was his house,
and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar
to the Lord. |
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