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1 Then the men of Kiriath-iearim came, and tooke vp the Arke of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill: and they sanctified Eleazar his sonne, to keepe the Arke of the Lord. 2 (For while the Arke abode in Kiriath-iearim, the time was long, for it was twentie yeeres) and al the house of Israel lamented after ye Lord. 3 Then Samuel spake vnto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye be come againe vnto the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, and Ashtaroth, and direct your hearts vnto the Lord, and serue him only, and he shall deliuer you out of the hand of ye Philistims. 4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and serued the Lord onely. 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you vnto the Lord. 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drewe water and powred it out before the Lord, and fasted the same day, and sayd there, We haue sinned against the Lord. And Samuel iudged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. 7 When the Philistims heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the princes of the Philistims went vp against Israel: and when the children of Israel heard that, they were afraide of the Philistims. 8 And the children of Israel sayd to Samuel, Cease not to crie vnto the Lord our God for vs, that hee may saue vs out of the hand of the Philistims. 9 Then Samuel tooke a sucking lambe, and offered it all together for a burnt offering vnto the Lord, and Samuel cryed vnto the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him. 10 And as Samuel offered the burnt offering, the Philistims came to fight against Israel: but the Lord thundred with a great thunder that day vpon the Philistims, and scattered them: so they were slaine before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went from Mizpeh and pursued the Philistims, and smote them vntill they came vnder Beth-car. 12 Then Samuel tooke a stone and pitched it betweene Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name thereof, Eben-ezer, and he sayd, Hitherto hath the Lord holpen vs. 13 So the Philistims were brought vnder, and they came no more againe into the coastes of Israel: and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistims all the dayes of Samuel. 14 Also the cities which the Philistims had taken from Israel, were restored to Israel, from Ekron euen to Gath: and Israel deliuered the coastes of the same out of the hands of the Philistims: and there was peace betweene Israel and the Amorites. 15 And Samuel iudged Israel all the dayes of his life, 16 And went about yeere by yere to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and iudged Israel in all those places. 17 Afterward hee returned to Ramah: for there was his house, and there he iudged Israel: also he built an altar there vnto the Lord.

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  • Abinadab

    Keeper of the ark's house

    The men of Kiriath-jearim brought the ark of the LORD into his house on the hill, where his son Eleazar guarded it; his sons Uzzah and Ahio later guided the new cart that carried…

    Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 6:3; 1 Chronicles 13:7

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  • Eleazar

    Consecrated to guard the ark

    Consecrated by the men of Kiriath-jearim to guard the ark of the LORD in his father Abinadab's house on the hill.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 7:1

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  • Samuel

    Prophet, judge and kingmaker

    Born to Hannah in answer to prayer and dedicated to the LORD at Shiloh, he was confirmed as a prophet, judged Israel all his life, anointed Saul and then David, and was buried at…

    Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 3:20; 1 Samuel 7:15

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Cross references (16)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 2 Samuel 6:2–4; Isaiah 52:11; 1 Samuel 6:21; Joshua 18:14; 1 Chronicles 13:5–7
  2. 2 Jeremiah 3:13; Jeremiah 31:9; 2 Corinthians 7:10–11; Judges 2:4; Zechariah 12:10–11
  3. 3 Luke 4:8; Deuteronomy 13:4; Matthew 4:10; Deuteronomy 6:13; Isaiah 55:7
  4. 4 Hosea 14:8; Hosea 14:3; Judges 2:13; 1 Kings 11:33; Judges 10:15–16
  5. 5 Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 10:17; 1 Samuel 7:12
  6. 6 2 Samuel 14:14; 1 Samuel 1:15; Judges 10:10; Psalm 106:6; Psalm 62:8
  7. 7 1 Samuel 17:11; 1 Samuel 13:6; Exodus 14:10; 2 Chronicles 20:3
  8. 8 Isaiah 37:4; James 5:16; 1 Samuel 12:19–24; Isaiah 62:1; Isaiah 62:6–7
  9. 9 Jeremiah 15:1; Psalm 99:6; 1 Samuel 7:17; Psalm 50:15; 1 Samuel 16:2
  10. 10 1 Samuel 2:10; 1 Samuel 12:17; 2 Samuel 22:14–15; Judges 5:20; Joshua 10:10
  11. 12 2 Corinthians 1:10; Joshua 4:9; Acts 26:22; Genesis 22:14; Genesis 35:14
  12. 13 Judges 13:1; 1 Samuel 17:49–53; 1 Samuel 31:1–7; 1 Samuel 14:20–23; 1 Samuel 13:1–5
  13. 14 Psalm 106:34; Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 7:16; Judges 4:17
  14. 15 1 Samuel 7:6; Acts 13:20–21; Judges 2:16; 1 Samuel 12:1; 1 Samuel 25:1
  15. 16 Psalm 75:2; Psalm 82:3–4; Judges 10:4; Judges 5:10; Judges 12:14
  16. 17 1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 8:4; 1 Samuel 1:1; Genesis 33:20; Genesis 35:7

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What the Fathers said

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  1. Quotes verse 7:9–12 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVII, Chapters 7–8)

    … were confused, and fell before Israel and were overcome; [then] he took one stone and set it up between the old and new Massephat [Mizpeh], and called its name Ebenezer, which means "the stone of the helper," and said, "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us." Massephat is interpreted "desire." That stone of the helper is the mediation of the Saviour, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)