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1 Samuel 7:17

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15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

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.
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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

    And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

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  • 1 Samuel 8:4

    Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

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  • 1 Samuel 1:1

    Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

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  • Genesis 33:20

    And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.

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  • Genesis 35:7

    And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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  • 1 Samuel 19:18–23

    So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

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  • 1 Kings 18:30–36

    And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

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  • 1 Samuel 11:15

    And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

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