1 Samuel 7:16

From year to year he went in turn to Beth-el and Gilgal and Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

In Context

15And Samuel was judge of Israel all the days of his life.

17And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:19And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.

Joshua 18:26And Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah

Judges 10:4And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.

1 Samuel 10:17Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah;

Psalms 82:3Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 7:14-17

The Defeat of the Philistines. ( b. c. 1092.) 13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. 15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 16 And he… Read the whole commentary →

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