1 Samuel 7

¹ And the men of Kirjath-Jearim come and bring up the ark of Yahweh, and bring it in unto the house of Abinadab, in the height, and Eleazar his son they have sanctified to keep the ark of Yahweh. ² And it comes to pass, from the day of the dwelling of the ark in Kirjath-Jearim, that the days are multiplied - yea, they are twenty years - and wail do all the house of Israel after Yahweh. ³ And Samuel speaks unto all the house of Israel, saying, "If with all your heart you are turning back unto Yahweh - turn aside the elohims of the stranger from your midst, and Ashtaroth; and prepare your heart unto Yahweh, and serve Him only, and He does deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines." ⁴ And the sons of Israel turn aside the Baalim and Ashtaroth, and serve Yahweh alone; ⁵ and Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I pray for you unto Yahweh." ⁶ And they are gathered to Mizpeh, and draw water, and pour out before Yahweh, and fast on that day, and say there, "We have sinned against Yahweh;" and Samuel judges the sons of Israel in Mizpeh. ⁷ And the Philistines hear that the sons of Israel have gathered themselves to Mizpeh; and the princes of the Philistines go up against Israel, and the sons of Israel hear, and are afraid of the presence of the Philistines. ⁸ And the sons of Israel say unto Samuel, "Keep not silent for us from crying unto Yahweh our Elohim, and He does save us out of the hand of the Philistines." ⁹ And Samuel takes a fat lamb, and causes it to go up - a burnt-offering whole to Yahweh; and Samuel cries unto Yahweh for Israel, and Yahweh answers him; ¹⁰ and Samuel is causing the burnt-offering to go up - and the Philistines have drawn nigh to battle against Israel - and Yahweh does thunder with a great noise, on that day, upon the Philistines, and troubles them, and they are smitten before Israel. ¹¹ And the men of Israel go out from Mizpeh, and pursue the Philistines, and smite them unto the place of Beth-Car. ¹² And Samuel takes a stone, and sets [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and calls its name Eben-Ezer, saying, "Hitherto has Yahweh helped us." ¹³ And the Philistines are humbled, and have not added any more to come into the border of Israel, and the hand of Yahweh is on the Philistines all the days of Samuel. ¹⁴ And the cities which the Philistines have taken from Israel are restored to Israel - from Ekron even unto Gath - and their border has Israel delivered out of the hand of the Philistines; and there is peace between Israel and the Amorite. ¹⁵ And Samuel judges Israel all the days of his life, ¹⁶ and he has gone from year to year, and gone round Beth-El, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel [in] all these places; ¹⁷ and his returning [is] to Ramath, for there [is] his house, and there he has judged Israel, and he builds there an altar to Yahweh.