1 Samuel 7:5-12
New King James Version
5 And Samuel said, (A)“Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and (B)I will pray to the Lord for you.” 6 So they gathered together at Mizpah, (C)drew water, and poured it out before the Lord. And they (D)fasted that day, and said there, (E)“We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the children of Israel at Mizpah.
7 Now when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel had gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard of it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 So the children of Israel said to Samuel, (F)“Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
9 And Samuel took a (G)suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Then (H)Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him. 10 Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. (I)But the Lord thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and [a]drove them back as far as below Beth Car. 12 Then Samuel (J)took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name [b]Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Samuel 7:11 struck them down
- 1 Samuel 7:12 Lit. Stone of Help
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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