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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:2 ESV
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.
Jun 24
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:1 ESV
When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
Jun 24
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highlighted 1 Samuel 7:16-17 ESV
And he went on a circuit year by year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah. And he judged Israel in all these places.Then he would return to Ramah, for his home was there, and there also he judged Israel. And he built there an altar to the Lord.
Jun 24
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highlighted 1 Samuel 7:14 ESV
The cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. There was peace also between Israel and the Amorites.
Jun 24
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highlighted 1 Samuel 7:13 ESV
So the Philistines were subdued and did not again enter the territory of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
Jun 24
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highlighted 1 Samuel 7:10 ESV
As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. But the Lord thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were defeated before Israel.
Jun 24
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highlighted 1 Samuel 7:9 ESV
So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. And Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.
Jun 23
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highlighted 1 Samuel 7:8 ESV
And the people of Israel said to Samuel, "Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines."
Jun 23
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highlighted 1 Samuel 7:7 ESV
Now when the Philistines heard that the people of Israel had gathered at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the people of Israel heard of it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
Jun 23
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highlighted 1 Samuel 7:5-6 ESV
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."So they gathered at Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before the Lord and fasted on that day and said there, "We have sinned against the Lord." And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah.
Jun 23
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highlighted 1 Samuel 7:3 ESV
And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."
Jun 23
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highlighted 1 Samuel 7:2 ESV
From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.
Jun 23
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highlighted 1 Samuel 7:1 ESV
And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord and brought it to the house of Abinadab on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to have charge of the ark of the Lord.
Jun 23
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highlighted 1 Samuel 6:20-21 ESV
Then the men of Beth-shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall he go up away from us?"So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, "The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down and take it up to you."
Jun 23
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highlighted 1 Samuel 6:18 ESV
and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and unwalled villages. The great stone beside which they set down the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
Jun 23
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highlighted 1 Samuel 6:9 ESV
and watch. If it goes up on the way to its own land, to Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm, but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it happened to us by coincidence."
Jun 23
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highlighted 1 Samuel 6:5 ESV
So you must make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you and your gods and your land.
Jun 23
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highlighted 1 Samuel 6:7-8 ESV
Now then, take and prepare a new cart and two milk cows on which there has never come a yoke, and yoke the cows to the cart, but take their calves home, away from them.And take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart and put in a box at its side the figures of gold, which you are returning to him as a guilt offering. Then send it off and let it go its way
Jun 23
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highlighted 1 Samuel 6:4 ESV
And they said, "What is the guilt offering that we shall return to him?" They answered, "Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for the same plague was on all of you and on your lords.
Jun 23