1 Samuel 7:16

And he went each year, traveling around to Bethel, and to Gilgal, and to Mizpah, and he judged Israel in the above-stated places.

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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 judged Israel all the days of his life.

17And he returned to Ramah. For his house was there, and he judged Israel there. And then he built an altar to the Lord there.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:19And he called the name of the city, ‘Bethel,’ which before was called Luz.

Joshua 18:26and Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah,

Judges 10:4having thirty sons sitting upon thirty young donkeys, and who were leaders of thirty cities, which from his name were called Havvoth Jair, that is, the towns of Jair, even to the present day, in the land of Gilead.

1 Samuel 10:17And Samuel called the people together, to the Lord at Mizpah.

Psalms 82:3For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head.

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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