1 Samuel 7:9

And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered [it for] a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.

And Samuel {H8050} took {H3947} a {H259} sucking {H2461} lamb {H2924}, and offered {H5927} it for a burnt offering {H5930} wholly {H3632} unto the LORD {H3068}: and Samuel {H8050} cried {H2199} unto the LORD {H3068} for Israel {H3478}; and the LORD {H3068} heard {H6030} him.

Sh'mu'el took a baby lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to ADONAI. Then Sh'mu'el cried to ADONAI for Isra'el, and ADONAI answered him.

Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.

And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering unto Jehovah: and Samuel cried unto Jehovah for Israel; and Jehovah answered him.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 15:1 (7 votes)

    ¶ Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, [yet] my mind [could] not [be] toward this people: cast [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth.

  • Psalms 99:6 (6 votes)

    ¶ Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.

  • 1 Samuel 7:17 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Psalms 50:15 (4 votes)

    And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  • 1 Samuel 16:2 (3 votes)

    And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear [it], he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

  • James 5:16 (3 votes)

    Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

  • 1 Samuel 9:12 (2 votes)

    And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for [there is] a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: