ECB(i)
1 And the men of Qiryath Arim come and ascend the ark of Yah Veh and bring it into the house of Abi Nadab in Gibah; and hallow El Azar his son to guard the ark of Yah Veh.
2 And so be it, from the day the ark settles in Qiryath Arim, that the days abound; for it is twenty years: and all the house of Yisra El laments after Yah Veh.
3 And Shemu El says to all the house of Yisra El, saying, If you return to Yah Veh with all your hearts, then turn aside the strange elohim and Ashtaroth from among you and prepare your hearts to Yah Veh and serve him only, and he rescues you from the hand of the Peleshethiy.
4 Then the sons of Yisra El turn aside Baalim and Ashtaroth and serve Yah Veh only.
5 And Shemu El says, Gather all Yisra El to Mispeh and I pray for you to Yah Veh.
6 And they gather to Mispeh and bail water and pour it out at the face of Yah Veh and fast on that day, and say there, We sinned against Yah Veh. And Shemu El judges the sons of Yisra El in Mispeh.
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PELESHETHIY SUBDUED
And the Peleshethiy hear that the sons of Yisra El gather to Mispeh, and the ringleaders of the Peleshethiy ascend against Yisra El: and the sons of Yisra El hear and they awe at the face of the Peleshethiy. 8 And the sons of Yisra El say to Shemu El, Hush not to cry to Yah Veh our Elohim for us, to save us from the hand of the Peleshethiy. 9 And Shemu El takes one milking lamb and holocausts a holocaust totally to Yah Veh: and Shemu El cries to Yah Veh for Yisra El; and Yah Veh answers him. 10 And as Shemu El holocausts the holocaust, the Peleshethiy draw near to war against Yisra El: but on that day Yah Veh thunders with a great voice on the Peleshethiy; and agitates them and smites them at the face of Yisra El. 11 And the men of Yisra El go from Mispeh and pursue the Peleshethiy and smite them until they come under Beth Kar. 12 And Shemu El takes one stone and sets it between Mispeh and Shen and calls the name of it Eben Ezer, saying, Hitherto Yah Veh helps us. 13 So they subdue the Peleshethiy and they add not to come into the border of Yisra El: and the hand of Yah Veh is against the Peleshethiy all the days of Shemu El: 14 and the cities the Peleshethiy took from Yisra El are restored to Yisra El - from Eqron even to Gath; and Yisra El rescues the borders thereof from the hands of the Peleshethiy: and shalom becomes between Yisra El and between the Emoriy: 15 and Shemu El judges Yisra El all the days of his life: 16 and he goes enough from year to year and turns around to Beth El and Gilgal and Mispeh and judges Yisra El in all those places: 17 and he returns to Ramah; for his house is there: and there he judges Yisra El; and there he builds a sacrifice altar to Yah Veh.
PELESHETHIY SUBDUED
And the Peleshethiy hear that the sons of Yisra El gather to Mispeh, and the ringleaders of the Peleshethiy ascend against Yisra El: and the sons of Yisra El hear and they awe at the face of the Peleshethiy. 8 And the sons of Yisra El say to Shemu El, Hush not to cry to Yah Veh our Elohim for us, to save us from the hand of the Peleshethiy. 9 And Shemu El takes one milking lamb and holocausts a holocaust totally to Yah Veh: and Shemu El cries to Yah Veh for Yisra El; and Yah Veh answers him. 10 And as Shemu El holocausts the holocaust, the Peleshethiy draw near to war against Yisra El: but on that day Yah Veh thunders with a great voice on the Peleshethiy; and agitates them and smites them at the face of Yisra El. 11 And the men of Yisra El go from Mispeh and pursue the Peleshethiy and smite them until they come under Beth Kar. 12 And Shemu El takes one stone and sets it between Mispeh and Shen and calls the name of it Eben Ezer, saying, Hitherto Yah Veh helps us. 13 So they subdue the Peleshethiy and they add not to come into the border of Yisra El: and the hand of Yah Veh is against the Peleshethiy all the days of Shemu El: 14 and the cities the Peleshethiy took from Yisra El are restored to Yisra El - from Eqron even to Gath; and Yisra El rescues the borders thereof from the hands of the Peleshethiy: and shalom becomes between Yisra El and between the Emoriy: 15 and Shemu El judges Yisra El all the days of his life: 16 and he goes enough from year to year and turns around to Beth El and Gilgal and Mispeh and judges Yisra El in all those places: 17 and he returns to Ramah; for his house is there: and there he judges Yisra El; and there he builds a sacrifice altar to Yah Veh.