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35 Then Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first of the altars he built to the Lord.

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17 Then he would return to his home at Ramah, and he would hear cases there, too. And Samuel built an altar to the Lord at Ramah.

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They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!

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14 Israel has forgotten its Maker and built great palaces,
    and Judah has fortified its cities.
Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities
    and will burn up their fortresses.”

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12 Samuel then took a large stone and placed it between the towns of Mizpah and Jeshanah.[a] He named it Ebenezer (which means “the stone of help”), for he said, “Up to this point the Lord has helped us!”

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Footnotes

  1. 7:12 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads Shen.

So Samuel took a young lamb and offered it to the Lord as a whole burnt offering. He pleaded with the Lord to help Israel, and the Lord answered him.

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Early the next morning the people built an altar and presented their burnt offerings and peace offerings on it.

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