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World English Bible

1 Samuel 7 (WEBP)

[1] The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took Yahweh’s ark, and brought it into Abinadab’s house on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep Yahweh’s ark.
[2] From the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, the time was long—for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.
[3] Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
[4] Then the children of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.
[5] Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
[6] They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against Yahweh.” Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
[7] When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
[8] The children of Israel said to Samuel, “Don’t stop crying to Yahweh our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.”
[9] Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering to Yahweh. Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel, and Yahweh answered him.
[10] As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines came near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.
[11] The men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them until they came under Beth Kar.
[12] Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”
[13] So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped coming within the border of Israel. Yahweh’s hand was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
[14] The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and Israel recovered its border out of the hand of the Philistines. There was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
[15] Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
[16] He went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
[17] His return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and he judged Israel there; and he built an altar to Yahweh there.

1 Samuel 7:12 “Ebenezer” means “stone of help”.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Samuel 7 (KJVS)

[1] And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.
[2] And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.
[3] And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, 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 did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.
[5] And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord.
[6] And they gathered together to Mizpeh, 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 children of Israel in Mizpeh.
[7] And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
[8] And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
[9] And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him.
[10] And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
[11] And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.
[12] Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.
[13] So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast 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 Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
[15] And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
[16] And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
[17] And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:8 Heb. Be not silent from us from crying
1 Samuel 7:9 Or, answered
1 Samuel 7:12 That is, The stone of help
1 Samuel 7:16 Heb. and he circuited

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Samuel 7 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἔρχονται () οἱ () ἄνδρες () Καριαθιαριμ καὶ () ἀνάγουσιν () τὴν () κιβωτὸν () διαθήκης () κυρίου () καὶ () εἰσάγουσιν () αὐτὴν () εἰς () οἶκον () Αμιναδαβ () τὸν () ἐν () τῷ () βουνῷ· () καὶ () τὸν () Ελεαζαρ () υἱὸν () αὐτοῦ () ἡγίασαν () φυλάσσειν () τὴν () κιβωτὸν () διαθήκης () κυρίου. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἀφ’ () ἧς () ἡμέρας () ἦν () ἡ () κιβωτὸς () ἐν () Καριαθιαριμ, ἐπλήθυναν () αἱ () ἡμέραι () καὶ () ἐγένοντο () εἴκοσι () ἔτη, () καὶ () ἐπέβλεψεν () πᾶς () οἶκος () Ισραηλ () ὀπίσω () κυρίου. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαμουηλ () πρὸς () πάντα () οἶκον () Ισραηλ () λέγων () Εἰ () ἐν () ὅλῃ () καρδίᾳ () ὑμῶν () ὑμεῖς () ἐπιστρέφετε () πρὸς () κύριον, () περιέλετε () τοὺς () θεοὺς () τοὺς () ἀλλοτρίους () ἐκ () μέσου () ὑμῶν () καὶ () τὰ () ἄλση καὶ () ἑτοιμάσατε () τὰς () καρδίας () ὑμῶν () πρὸς () κύριον () καὶ () δουλεύσατε () αὐτῷ () μόνῳ, () καὶ () ἐξελεῖται () ὑμᾶς () ἐκ () χειρὸς () ἀλλοφύλων. ()
[4] Καὶ () περιεῖλον () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () τὰς () Βααλιμ καὶ () τὰ () ἄλση Ασταρωθ καὶ () ἐδούλευσαν () κυρίῳ () μόνῳ. ()
[5] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαμουηλ () Ἀθροίσατε πάντα () Ισραηλ () εἰς () Μασσηφαθ, καὶ () προσεύξομαι () περὶ () ὑμῶν () πρὸς () κύριον. ()
[6] Καὶ () συνήχθησαν () εἰς () Μασσηφαθ καὶ () ὑδρεύονται ὕδωρ () καὶ () ἐξέχεαν () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν () καὶ () ἐνήστευσαν () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () καὶ () εἶπαν () Ἡμαρτήκαμεν () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου· () καὶ () ἐδίκαζεν Σαμουηλ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Ισραηλ () εἰς () Μασσηφαθ.
[7] Καὶ () ἤκουσαν () οἱ () ἀλλόφυλοι () ὅτι () συνηθροίσθησαν () πάντες () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () εἰς () Μασσηφαθ, καὶ () ἀνέβησαν () σατράπαι ἀλλοφύλων () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ· () καὶ () ἀκούουσιν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () καὶ () ἐφοβήθησαν () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () ἀλλοφύλων. ()
[8] Καὶ () εἶπαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () πρὸς () Σαμουηλ () Μὴ () παρασιωπήσῃς ἀφ’ () ἡμῶν () τοῦ () μὴ () βοᾶν () πρὸς () κύριον () θεόν () σου, () καὶ () σώσει () ἡμᾶς () ἐκ () χειρὸς () ἀλλοφύλων. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Σαμουηλ () ἄρνα () γαλαθηνὸν ἕνα () καὶ () ἀνήνεγκεν () αὐτὸν () ὁλοκαύτωσιν σὺν () παντὶ () τῷ () λαῷ () τῷ () κυρίῳ, () καὶ () ἐβόησεν () Σαμουηλ () πρὸς () κύριον () περὶ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἐπήκουσεν () αὐτοῦ () κύριος. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἦν () Σαμουηλ () ἀναφέρων () τὴν () ὁλοκαύτωσιν, καὶ () ἀλλόφυλοι () προσῆγον () εἰς () πόλεμον () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ. () Καὶ () ἐβρόντησεν κύριος () ἐν () φωνῇ () μεγάλῃ () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () ἀλλοφύλους, () καὶ () συνεχύθησαν () καὶ () ἔπταισαν () ἐνώπιον () Ισραηλ. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐξῆλθαν () ἄνδρες () Ισραηλ () ἐκ () Μασσηφαθ καὶ () κατεδίωξαν () τοὺς () ἀλλοφύλους () καὶ () ἐπάταξαν () αὐτοὺς () ἕως () ὑποκάτω () τοῦ () Βαιθχορ.
[12] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Σαμουηλ () λίθον () ἕνα () καὶ () ἔστησεν () αὐτὸν () ἀνὰ () μέσον () Μασσηφαθ καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῆς () παλαιᾶς () καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () Αβενεζερ, Λίθος () τοῦ () βοηθοῦ, () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἕως () ἐνταῦθα ἐβοήθησεν () ἡμῖν () κύριος. ()
[13] Καὶ () ἐταπείνωσεν () κύριος () τοὺς () ἀλλοφύλους, () καὶ () οὐ () προσέθεντο () ἔτι () προσελθεῖν () εἰς () ὅριον () Ισραηλ· () καὶ () ἐγενήθη () χεὶρ () κυρίου () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () ἀλλοφύλους () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας () τοῦ () Σαμουηλ. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἀπεδόθησαν () αἱ () πόλεις, () ἃς () ἔλαβον () οἱ () ἀλλόφυλοι () παρὰ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἀπέδωκαν () αὐτὰς () τῷ () Ισραηλ () ἀπὸ () Ἀσκαλῶνος ἕως () Αζοβ, καὶ () τὸ () ὅριον () Ισραηλ () ἀφείλαντο () ἐκ () χειρὸς () ἀλλοφύλων. () Καὶ () ἦν () εἰρήνη () ἀνὰ () μέσον () Ισραηλ () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τοῦ () Αμορραίου.
[15] Καὶ () ἐδίκαζεν Σαμουηλ () τὸν () Ισραηλ () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας () τῆς () ζωῆς () αὐτοῦ· ()
[16] καὶ () ἐπορεύετο () κατ’ () ἐνιαυτὸν () ἐνιαυτὸν () καὶ () ἐκύκλου () Βαιθηλ καὶ () τὴν () Γαλγαλα καὶ () τὴν () Μασσηφαθ καὶ () ἐδίκαζεν τὸν () Ισραηλ () ἐν () πᾶσι () τοῖς () ἡγιασμένοις () τούτοις, ()
[17] ἡ () δὲ () ἀποστροφὴ αὐτοῦ () εἰς () Αρμαθαιμ, ὅτι () ἐκεῖ () ἦν () ὁ () οἶκος () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐδίκαζεν ἐκεῖ () τὸν () Ισραηλ () καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () ἐκεῖ () θυσιαστήριον () τῷ () κυρίῳ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.