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. 2Sa 6:2-41Ch 13:5-71Sa 6:21Isa 52:11Jos 18:14Psa 132:6 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. 2Co 7:10-11Jdg 2:4Jer 3:13Jer 3:22-25Jer 31:9Mat 5:4Zec 12:10-11
¶ 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. Luk 4:8Deu 13:4Mat 4:10Deu 6:13Isa 55:7Jos 24:14Jhn 4:24Deu 10:20 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only. Hos 14:8Hos 14:31Ki 11:33Jdg 10:15-16Jdg 2:11Jdg 2:13 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. Jdg 20:11Sa 12:231Sa 10:171Sa 7:121Sa 7:162Ki 25:23Jol 2:16Jos 15:38 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. 1Sa 1:152Sa 14:14Jdg 10:10Jer 9:1Jol 2:12Psa 106:6Psa 62:81Ki 8:47
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. 1Sa 17:111Sa 13:62Ch 20:3Exo 14:10 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. 1 Isa 37:41Sa 12:19-24Jas 5:16Isa 62:1Isa 62:6-7
¶ 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. 2 Jer 15:1Psa 99:61Sa 7:17Psa 50:151Sa 16:2Jas 5:161Ki 18:30-381Sa 10:8 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. 1Sa 2:101Sa 12:172Sa 22:14-15Jdg 5:20Jos 10:10Deu 20:3-4Zec 4:6Exo 9:23-25 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car. 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. 3 2Co 1:10Jos 4:9Act 26:22Gen 22:14Gen 35:141Sa 5:1Isa 46:3-4Gen 31:45-52
¶ 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. Jdg 13:11Sa 17:49-531Sa 13:1-51Sa 14:20-231Sa 14:6-161Sa 28:3-51Sa 31:1-7Jdg 13:5 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. Psa 106:34Deu 7:16Deu 7:2Jdg 4:17 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 1Sa 7:6Act 13:20-21Jdg 2:161Sa 12:11Sa 12:111Sa 25:1Jdg 3:10-11 And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. 4 Jdg 10:4Jdg 12:14Jdg 5:10Psa 75:2Psa 82:3-4 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. 1Sa 1:191Sa 1:11Sa 8:41Ki 18:30-361Sa 11:151Sa 19:18-23Gen 33:20Gen 35:7