1 Samuel 7:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and his returning <FI>is<Fi> to Ramath, for there <FI>is<Fi> his house, and there he hath judged Israel, and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 7:17 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Genesis 33:20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
- Genesis 35:7There 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.
- Judges 4:5And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.
- Judges 6:24So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Judges 21:4The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
- 1 Samuel 1:1Now 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.
- 1 Samuel 1:19The 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.
- 1 Samuel 8:4So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 11:15So 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.
- 1 Samuel 14:35Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 19:18So 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.
- 1 Kings 18:30Then 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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