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1 Samuel 7:17

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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.

And his return {H8666} was to Ramah {H7414}; for there was his house {H1004}; and there he judged {H8199} Israel {H3478}; and there he built {H1129} an altar {H4196} unto the LORD {H3068}.

Then he would return to Ramah, because that's where his home was, and he would judge Isra'el there too. He also built an altar there to ADONAI.

Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.

And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto Jehovah.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 1:19 (5 votes)

    ¶ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

  • 1 Samuel 1:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

  • 1 Samuel 8:4 (3 votes)

    ¶ Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

  • 1 Kings 18:30 (2 votes)

    And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD [that was] broken down.

  • 1 Kings 18:36 (2 votes)

    And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou [art] God in Israel, and [that] I [am] thy servant, and [that] I have done all these things at thy word.

  • 1 Samuel 11:15 (2 votes)

    And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

  • 1 Samuel 19:18 (2 votes)

    ¶ So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.