15-17 Samuel gave solid leadership to Israel his entire life. Every year he went on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah. He gave leadership to Israel in each of these places. But always he would return to Ramah, where he lived, and preside from there. That is where he built an altar to God.

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17 But he always went back to Ramah,(A) where his home was, and there he also held court(B) for Israel. And he built an altar(C) there to the Lord.

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