1 Samuel 7 Thereupon the men of Kariathiarim went, and carried up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and brought it to the house of Aminadab, who dwelt on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Thereupon the men of Kariathiarim went, and carried up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and brought it to the house of Aminadab, who dwelt on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the covenant of the Lord. ² And from the day the ark was at Kariathiarim, days were multiplied, and twenty years elapsed. And when all the house of Israel looked back after the Lord, ³ Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If with your whole heart you turn to the Lord, put away the strange gods from among you, and the bowers, and prepare your hearts for the Lord, and serve him alone, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. ⁴ And when the children of Israel had put away the Baals, and the bowers of Astaroth, and served the Lord alone, ⁵ Samuel said, Assemble all Israel to Massepha, and I will pray to the Lord for you. ⁶ So they assembled at Massepha, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, on the ground, and fasted that day, and said, We have sinned before the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel at Massepha. ⁷ Now when the Philistines heard that all the children of Israel were assembled at Massepha, the lords of the Philistines came up against Israel. Upon hearing this the children of Israel were terrified because of the Philistines, ⁸ and said to Samuel, Cease not to cry to the Lord thy God for us, that he may save us out of the hand of the Philistines. ⁹ Thereupon Samuel took a sucking lamb, and, with all the people, offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. And Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him. ¹⁰ Now while Samuel was offering the whole burnt offering, the Philistines advanced to battle against Israel; and the Lord thundered that day with a great voice against the Philistines, and they were discomfited, and fled before Israel. ¹¹ And the men of Israel went out from Massepha, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them to below Baithcor. ¹² Then Samuel took a stone, and set it up between Massepha and the old town, and called its name Abenezer, [the stone of the helper;] for he said, Even at this place the Lord helped us. ¹³ And the Lord humbled the Philistines so that they came no more into the borders of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel; ¹⁴ So that the cities which the Philistines had taken from the Israelites were restored. They delivered them up to Israel, from Ascalon to Azob. So Israel recovered their border 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 went yearly, in rotation, to Baithel, and Galgala, and Massepha, and judged Israel in all those holy places. ¹⁷ And his return was to Armathaim; for his house was there. And there he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the Lord.