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16 He used to go on the circuit from year to year.[a] He went around Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places. 17 Then he returned[b] to Ramah, because his house was there, and there he judged Israel, and he built an altar to Yahweh there.

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  1. 1 Samuel 7:16 Literally “from what is required year in year”
  2. 1 Samuel 7:17 Literally “and his return was

16 From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel(A) to Gilgal(B) to Mizpah, judging(C) Israel in all those places. 17 But he always went back to Ramah,(D) where his home was, and there he also held court(E) for Israel. And he built an altar(F) there to the Lord.

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