1 Samuel 7:17

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.

In Context

16From year to year he went in turn to Beth-el and Gilgal and Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:7And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.

Genesis 35:7And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

Judges 6:24Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

1 Samuel 1:1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the hill-country of Ephraim, named Elkanah; he was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

1 Samuel 8:4Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,

1 Samuel 14:35And Saul put up an altar to the Lord: this was the first altar which he put up to the Lord.

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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