1 Samuel 7:17

And he returned to Ramatha, for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

16And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the aforesaid places.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:7And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 35:7And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.

Judges 6:24And Gedeon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it the Lord's peace, until this present day. And when he was yet in Ephra, which is of the family of Ezri,

1 Samuel 1:1There was a man of Ramathaimsophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliu, the son of Thohu, the son of Suph, an Ephraimite:

1 Samuel 8:4Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled, came to Samuel to Ramatha.

1 Samuel 14:35And Saul built an altar to the Lord and he then first began to build an altar 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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