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1 Samuel 7:17

Ramah
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15 So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

16 Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.

Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
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BSB
Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
KJV
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.
WEB
His return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and he judged Israel there; and he built an altar to the LORD there.
ASV
And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto Jehovah.
DARBY
And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house, and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar to Jehovah.
BLB
And his returning [was] to Ramath, for his house [was] there, and there he judged Israel. And he built there an altar to YHWH.
ÅB
Og hver gang vendte han tilbake til Rama; for der var hans hus, og der dømte han Israel; og han bygget der et alter for Herren.
[^1]: søkte Herren med sukk over sin nød.
[^2]: til tegn på at de i sorg over sin synd utøste sitt hjerte til Herren.
[^3]: hjelpe-stein.
OTB
Men han vendte alltid tilbake til Rama, hvor hans hjem var, og der dømte han også Israel. Og han bygde et alter der til Herren.
B1930
Og hver gang vendte han tilbake til Rama; for der var hans hus, og der dømte han Israel; og han bygget der et alter for Herren.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 1:19

    The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

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  • 1 Samuel 8:4

    So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

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  • 1 Samuel 1:1

    Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

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  • Genesis 33:20

    There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

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  • Genesis 35:7

    There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

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  • 1 Samuel 19:18–23

    So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

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  • 1 Kings 18:30–36

    Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.

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  • 1 Samuel 11:15

    So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.

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