1 Samuel 7:15-17
Lexham English Bible
The Circuit Ministry of Samuel
15 Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 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 Samuel 7:16 Literally “from what is required year in year”
- 1 Samuel 7:17 Literally “and his return was”
1 Samuel 7:15-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.(A) 16 He went on a circuit year by year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places. 17 Then he would come back to Ramah, for his home was there; he administered justice there to Israel and built there an altar to the Lord.(B)
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