1 Samuel 7 (NET)

1 Samuel 7:1¹Then the people of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 6:2-41 Chr 13:5-71 Sam 6:21Isa 52:11Josh 18:14Ps 132:6

1 Samuel 7:2²It was quite a long time—some twenty years in all—that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people of Israel longed for the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 7:10-11Jer 3:13Jer 3:22-25Jer 31:9Judg 2:4Matt 5:4Zech 12:10-11

1 Samuel 7:3³Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 4:8Deut 13:4Matt 4:10Deut 6:13Isa 55:7Josh 24:14John 4:24Deut 10:20Josh 24:23Joel 2:12-13

1 Samuel 7:4⁴So the Israelites removed the Baals and images of Ashtoreth. They served only the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 14:8Hos 14:31 Kgs 11:33Judg 10:15-16Judg 2:11Judg 2:13

1 Samuel 7:5⁵Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 20:11 Sam 12:231 Sam 10:171 Sam 7:121 Sam 7:162 Kgs 25:23Joel 2:16Josh 15:38Neh 9:1

1 Samuel 7:6⁶After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They fasted on that day, and they confessed there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 1:152 Sam 14:14Judg 10:10Jer 9:1Joel 2:12Ps 106:6Ps 62:81 Kgs 8:47Job 33:27Lam 2:18-19

1 Samuel 7:7⁷When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, the leaders of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the Israelites heard about this, they were afraid of the Philistines.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:111 Sam 13:62 Chr 20:3Exod 14:10

1 Samuel 7:8⁸The Israelites said to Samuel, “Keep crying out to the Lord our God so that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 37:41 Sam 12:19-24Jas 5:16Isa 62:1Isa 62:6-7

1 Samuel 7:9⁹So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Samuel cried out to the Lord on Israel’s behalf, and the Lord answered him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 15:1Ps 99:61 Sam 7:17Ps 50:151 Sam 16:2Jas 5:161 Kgs 18:30-381 Sam 10:81 Sam 6:14-151 Sam 9:12

1 Samuel 7:10¹⁰As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 2:101 Sam 12:172 Sam 22:14-15Josh 10:10Judg 5:20Deut 20:3-4Zech 4:6Exod 9:23-25Judg 4:15Judg 5:8

1 Samuel 7:11¹¹Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Samuel 7:12¹²Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Up to here the Lord has helped us.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 1:10Josh 4:9Acts 26:22Gen 22:14Gen 35:141 Sam 5:1Isa 46:3-4Gen 31:45-52Josh 24:26-27Gen 28:18-19

1 Samuel 7:13¹³So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 13:11 Sam 17:49-531 Sam 13:1-51 Sam 14:20-231 Sam 14:6-161 Sam 28:3-51 Sam 31:1-7Judg 13:5

1 Samuel 7:14¹⁴The cities that the Philistines had captured from Israel were returned to Israel, from Ekron to Gath. Israel also delivered their territory from the control of the Philistines. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 106:34Deut 7:16Deut 7:2Judg 4:17

1 Samuel 7:15¹⁵So Samuel led Israel all the days of his life.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 7:6Acts 13:20-21Judg 2:161 Sam 12:11 Sam 12:111 Sam 25:1Judg 3:10-11

1 Samuel 7:16¹⁶Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all these places.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 10:4Judg 12:14Judg 5:10Ps 75:2Ps 82:3-4

1 Samuel 7:17¹⁷Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 1:191 Sam 1:11 Sam 8:41 Kgs 18:30-361 Sam 11:151 Sam 19:18-23Gen 33:20Gen 35:7Judg 21:4-5Gen 12:7-8