35 And Saul (A)built an altar to the Lord; it was the first altar that he built to the Lord.

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17 Then he would return to (A)Ramah, for his home was there, and there also he judged Israel. (B)And he built there an altar to the Lord.

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having the appearance of godliness, but (A)denying its power. (B)Avoid such people.

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14 For (A)Israel has forgotten (B)his Maker
    and (C)built palaces,
and (D)Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
    so (E)I will send a fire upon his cities,
    and it shall devour her strongholds.

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12 Then Samuel (A)took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen[a] and called its name Ebenezer;[b] for he said, “Till now the Lord has helped us.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 7:12 Hebrew; Septuagint, Syriac Jeshanah
  2. 1 Samuel 7:12 Ebenezer means stone of help

So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. And (A)Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.

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And the next day the people rose early and (A)built there an altar and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

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