1 Samuel 7:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Samuel was judge of Israel all the days of his life.

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  • 1 Sam 7:6 : 6 So they came together to Mizpah, and got water, draining it out before the Lord, and they took no food that day, and they said, We have done evil against the Lord. And Samuel was judge of the children of Israel in Mizpah.
  • Judg 2:16 : 16 Then the Lord gave them judges, as their saviours from the hands of those who were cruel to them.
  • Judg 3:10-11 : 10 And the spirit of the Lord came on him and he became judge of Israel, and went out to war, and the Lord gave up Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, into his hands and he overcame him. 11 Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.
  • 1 Sam 12:1 : 1 And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have made a king over you.
  • 1 Sam 12:11 : 11 So the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and took you out of the power of those who were fighting against you on every side, and made you safe.
  • 1 Sam 25:1 : 1 And death came to Samuel; and all Israel came together, weeping for him, and put his body in its resting-place in his house at Ramah. Then David went down to the waste land of Maon.
  • Acts 13:20-21 : 20 And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet. 21 Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

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  • 1 Sam 7:16-17
    2 verses
    84%

    16 From year to year he went in turn to Beth-el and Gilgal and Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.

    17 And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 7:12-14
    3 verses
    77%

    12 Then Samuel took a stone and put it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah, naming it Eben-ezer, and saying, Up to now the Lord has been our help.

    13 So the Philistines were overcome, and did not come into the country of Israel again: and all the days of Samuel the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines.

    14 And the towns which the Philistines had taken were given back to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and all the country round them Israel made free from the power of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

  • 1 Sam 8:1
    75%

    1 Now when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

  • Judg 15:20
    74%

    20 And he was judge of Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.

  • Acts 13:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20 And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet.

    21 Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

  • 1 Sam 7:5-10
    6 verses
    73%

    5 Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you.

    6 So they came together to Mizpah, and got water, draining it out before the Lord, and they took no food that day, and they said, We have done evil against the Lord. And Samuel was judge of the children of Israel in Mizpah.

    7 Now when the Philistines had news that the children of Israel had come together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And the children of Israel, hearing of it, were full of fear.

    8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Go on crying to the Lord our God for us to make us safe from the hands of the Philistines.

    9 And Samuel took a young lamb, offering all of it as a burned offering to the Lord; and Samuel made prayers to the Lord for Israel and the Lord gave him an answer.

    10 And while Samuel was offering the burned offering, the Philistines came near for the attack on Israel; but at the thunder of the Lord's voice that day the Philistines were overcome with fear, and they gave way before Israel.

  • 1 Sam 3:18-20
    3 verses
    72%

    18 Then Samuel gave him an account of everything, keeping nothing back. And he said, It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.

    19 And Samuel became older, and the Lord was with him and let not one of his words be without effect.

    20 And it was clear to all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba that Samuel had been made a prophet of the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    72%

    1 And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have made a king over you.

  • 1 Sam 8:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4 Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,

    5 And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.

    6 But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    71%

    1 And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 8:15
    70%

    15 And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    70%

    15 Now the day before Saul came, the word of God had come to Samuel, saying,

  • 1 Sam 13:15
    70%

    15 Then Samuel went up from Gilgal and the rest of the people went up after Saul against the men of war, and they came from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: and Saul took the number of the people who were with him, about six hundred men.

  • 1 Sam 15:10-12
    3 verses
    70%

    10 Then the Lord said to Samuel,

    11 It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and has not done my orders. And Samuel was very sad, crying to the Lord in prayer all night.

    12 And early in the morning he got up and went to Saul; and word was given to Samuel that Saul had come to Carmel and put up a pillar, and had gone from there down to Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 3:15
    70%

    15 And Samuel kept where he was, not moving till the time came for opening the doors of the house of God in the morning. And fear kept him from giving Eli an account of his vision.

  • 1 Sam 15:34-35
    2 verses
    70%

    34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah, in the land of Saul.

    35 And Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death; but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it was no longer the Lord's pleasure for Saul to be king over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 8:21
    70%

    21 Then Samuel, after hearing all the people had to say, went and gave an account of it to the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 10:17
    69%

    17 Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah;

  • Judg 16:31
    69%

    31 Then his brothers and his father's people came down and took him up and put his body to rest in the earth between Zorah and Eshtaol in the resting-place of Manoah his father. And he had been judge of Israel for twenty years.

  • 1 Sam 15:17
    69%

    17 And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,

  • 1 Sam 7:3
    69%

    3 Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe from the hands of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 13:13
    68%

    13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

  • 1 Sam 15:14
    68%

    14 And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?

  • 1 Sam 8:10
    68%

    10 And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.

  • Judg 12:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7 Now Jephthah was judge of Israel for six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in his town, Mizpeh of Gilead.

    8 And after him, Ibzan of Beth-lehem was judge of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 28:3
    68%

    3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel, after weeping for him, had put his body in its last resting-place in Ramah, his town. And Saul had put away from the land all those who had control of spirits and who made use of secret arts.

  • 1 Sam 12:11
    68%

    11 So the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and took you out of the power of those who were fighting against you on every side, and made you safe.

  • 1 Chr 18:14
    67%

    14 So David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
    67%

    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 11:14
    67%

    14 Then Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and there make the kingdom strong in the hands of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 10:25
    67%

    25 Then Samuel gave the people the laws of the kingdom, writing them in a book which he put in a safe place before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

  • 1 Sam 2:26
    67%

    26 And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.