(A) Då samlades de i Mispa och öste upp vatten och hällde ut det inför Herren och fastade den dagen och sade: ”Vi har syndat mot Herren.” Och Samuel dömde[a] Israels barn i Mispa.

När filisteerna hörde att Israels barn hade samlats i Mispa, drog filisteernas furstar upp mot Israel. Israeliterna fick höra det och blev rädda för filisteerna. Israels barn sade till Samuel: ”Sluta inte ropa till Herren vår Gud för oss, så att han räddar oss från filisteernas hand.”

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  1. 7:6 dömde   Domarna skipade inte bara rätt (2 Mos 18:16, 5 Mos 17:8f), utan samlade dessutom Israels stammar till försvar mot angripare (se Domarboken).

When they had assembled at Mizpah,(A) they drew water and poured(B) it out before the Lord. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the Lord.” Now Samuel was serving as leader[a](C) of Israel at Mizpah.

When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard of it, they were afraid(D) because of the Philistines. They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying(E) out to the Lord our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 7:6 Traditionally judge; also in verse 15

And they gathered together to Mizpah, and [a]drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted the same day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpah, the Princes of the Philistines went up against Israel: and when the children of Israel heard that, they were afraid of the Philistines.

And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to [b]cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he may save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

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  1. 1 Samuel 7:6 The Chaldea text hath, that they drew water out of their heart: that is, wept abundantly for their sins.
  2. 1 Samuel 7:8 Signifying, that in the prayers of the godly, there ought to be a vehement zeal.