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1 Samuel 7:5

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3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.

6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of 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 children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.

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  • 1 Samuel 12:23

    Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

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  • 1 Samuel 7:16

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

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  • 1 Samuel 10:17

    And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;

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  • 1 Samuel 7:12

    Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.

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  • Joshua 15:38

    And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

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  • Nehemiah 9:1

    Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

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  • 2 Kings 25:23

    And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

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