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chapter 7
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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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and
Astaroth, and served the Lord only.
5 And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that
I may pray to the Lord for you.
6 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.
7 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.
8 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.
9 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.
10 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.
11 And the men of Israel going out of Masphath pursued
after the Philistines, and made slaughter of them till they came under
Bethchar.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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.
15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life:
16 And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal
and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the aforesaid places.
17 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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