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1 Samuel 7:5

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3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

4 So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.

Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”

6 When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

7 When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines

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BSB
Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
KJV
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
WEB
Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you.”
ASV
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto Jehovah.
DARBY
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray Jehovah for you.
BLB
And Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you⁺ to YHWH.”
ÅB
Og Samuel sa: La hele Israel samle seg i Mispa! Så vil jeg be til Herren for dere.
OTB
Da sa Samuel: «Samle hele Israel i Mispa, så vil jeg be til Herren for dere.»
B1930
Og Samuel sa: La hele Israel samle sig i Mispa! Så vil jeg bede til Herren for eder.

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Cross references

  • Judges 20:1

    Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

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  • 1 Samuel 12:23

    As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.

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  • 1 Samuel 7:16

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

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  • 1 Samuel 10:17

    After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah

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  • 1 Samuel 7:12

    Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

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  • Joshua 15:38

    Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,

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  • Nehemiah 9:1

    On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.

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  • 2 Kings 25:23

    When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.

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