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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Samuel 7 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_samuel/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > 1 Samuel 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/6.htm" title="1 Samuel 6">◄</a> 1 Samuel 7 <a href="../1_samuel/8.htm" title="1 Samuel 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/1_samuel/7.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>So the men of Kiriath Jearim came and took up the ark of the <span class="name">Lord</span>. They brought it to Abinadab’s house on the hill and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim a long time—twenty years in all.</p><p class="sectionhead">Samuel Subdues the Philistines at Mizpah</p><p class="reg">Then all the people of Israel turned back to the <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning to the <span class="name">Lord</span> with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the <span class="name">Lord</span> and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So the Israelites put away their Baals and Ashtoreths, and served the <span class="name">Lord</span> only.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then Samuel said, “Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the <span class="name">Lord</span> for you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the <span class="name">Lord</span>. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the <span class="name">Lord</span>.” Now Samuel was serving as leader <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Traditionally judge; also in verse 15">a</a></sup></span> of Israel at Mizpah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard of it, they were afraid because of the Philistines. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the <span class="name">Lord</span> our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the <span class="name">Lord</span>. He cried out to the <span class="name">Lord</span> on Israel’s behalf, and the <span class="name">Lord</span> answered him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to engage Israel in battle. But that day the <span class="name">Lord</span> thundered with loud thunder against the Philistines and threw them into such a panic that they were routed before the Israelites. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Kar.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Ebenezer means stone of help.">b</a></sup></span> saying, “Thus far the <span class="name">Lord</span> has helped us.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So the Philistines were subdued and they stopped invading Israel’s territory. Throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the hand of the <span class="name">Lord</span> was against the Philistines. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The towns from Ekron to Gath that the Philistines had captured from Israel were restored to Israel, and Israel delivered the neighboring territory from the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Samuel continued as Israel’s leader all the days of his life. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But he always went back to Ramah, where his home was, and there he also held court for Israel. And he built an altar there to the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotebot">Traditionally <i>judge</i>; also in verse 15</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Ebenezer</i> means <i>stone of help.</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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