1 Samuel 7:16

And he went year by year, and went round Bæthel, and Galgala, and Massephath; and he judged Israel in all these consecrated places.

Brenton Septuagint

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 his return was to Armathaim, because there was his house; and there he judged Israel, and built there an altar to the Lord.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place, the House of God; and the name of the city before was Ulam-luz.

Joshua 18:26and Massema, and Miron, and Amoke;

Judges 10:4And he had thirty-two sons riding on thirty-two colts, and they had thirty-two cities; and they called them Jair's towns until this day in the land of Galaad.

1 Samuel 10:17And Samuel summoned all the people before the Lord to Massephath.

Psalms 82:3For behold, thine enemies have made a noise; and they that hate thee have lifted up the 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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