<vn='1'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="7157">Kirjath</s> -jearim <sn="935">came</s>, and fetched <sn="5927">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> it <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="41">Abinadab</s> in the <sn="1389">hill</s>, and <sn="6942">sanctified</s><sn="499">Eleazar</s> his <sn="1121">son</s> to <sn="8104">keep</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="4480 3117">while</s> the <sn="727">ark</s><sn="3427">abode</s> in <sn="7157">Kirjath</s> -jearim, that the <sn="3117">time</s> was <sn="7235">long</s>; for it <sn="1961">was</s><sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="8141">years</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5091">lamented</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="518">If</s><sn="859">ye</s> do <sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> your <sn="3824">hearts</s>, then put <sn="5493">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5236">strange</s><sn="430">gods</s> and <sn="6252">Ashtaroth</s> from <sn="4480 8432">among</s> you, and <sn="3559">prepare</s> your <sn="3824">hearts</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="5647">serve</s> him <sn="905">only</s>: and he will <sn="5337">deliver</s> you out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Then the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> did put <sn="5493">away</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1168">Baalim</s> and <sn="6252">Ashtaroth</s>, and <sn="5647">served</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="905">only</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6908">Gather</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="4709">Mizpeh</s>, and I will <sn="6419">pray</s><sn="1157">for</s> you <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And they gathered <sn="6908">together</s> to <sn="4709">Mizpeh</s>, and <sn="7579">drew</s><sn="4325">water</s>, and poured it <sn="8210">out</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="6684">fasted</s> on <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="8033">there</s>, We have <sn="2398">sinned</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="8199">judged</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> in <sn="4709">Mizpeh</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And when the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> were gathered <sn="6908">together</s> to <sn="4709">Mizpeh</s>, the <sn="5633">lords</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. And when the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="8085">heard</s> it, they were <sn="3372">afraid</s><sn="4480 6440">of</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, <sn="2790">Cease</s><sn="408">not</s> to <sn="4480 2199">cry</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s><sn="4480">for</s> us, that he will <sn="3467">save</s> us out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="259">a</s><sn="2461">sucking</s><sn="2924">lamb</s>, and <sn="5927">offered</s> it for a burnt <sn="5930">offering</s><sn="3632">wholly</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="2199">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1157">for</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>; and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6030">heard</s> him. </v>
<vn='10'>And as <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="1961">was</s> offering <sn="5927">up</s> the burnt <sn="5930">offering</s>, the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> drew <sn="5066">near</s> to <sn="4421">battle</s> against <sn="3478">Israel</s>: but the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7481">thundered</s> with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="6963">thunder</s> on <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and <sn="2000">discomfited</s> them; and they were <sn="5062">smitten</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="4480">of</s><sn="4709">Mizpeh</s>, and <sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s> them, <sn="5704">until</s> they came <sn="4480 8478">under</s><sn="1033">Beth</s> -car. </v>
<vn='12'>Then <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="259">a</s><sn="68">stone</s>, and <sn="7760">set</s> it <sn="996">between</s><sn="4709">Mizpeh</s> and <sn="8129">Shen</s>, and <sn="7121">called</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of it <sn="72">Ebenezer</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="5704 2009">Hitherto</s> hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5826">helped</s> us. </v>
<vn='13'>So the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> were <sn="3665">subdued</s>, and they <sn="935">came</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3254 5750">more</s> into the <sn="1366">coast</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: and the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s> against the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="8050">Samuel</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And the <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> had <sn="3947">taken</s><sn="4480 854">from</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> were <sn="7725">restored</s> to <sn="3478">Israel</s>, from <sn="4480 6138">Ekron</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="1661">Gath</s>; and the <sn="1366">coasts</s> thereof did <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5337">deliver</s> out of the <sn="4480 3027">hands</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>. And there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="7965">peace</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> and the <sn="567">Amorites</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="8199">judged</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of his <sn="2416">life</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And he <sn="1980">went</s><sn="4880 1767">from</s><sn="8141">year</s> to <sn="8141">year</s> in <sn="5437">circuit</s> to <sn="1008">Bethel</s>, and <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>, and <sn="4709">Mizpeh</s>, and <sn="8199">judged</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="854">in</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">those</s><sn="4725">places</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And his <sn="8666">return</s> was to <sn="7414">Ramah</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="8033">there</s> was his <sn="1004">house</s>; and <sn="8033">there</s> he <sn="8199">judged</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>; and <sn="8033">there</s> he <sn="1129">built</s> an <sn="4196">altar</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>