1 Samuel 7:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 5:10 : 10 Let them give thought to it, who go on white asses, and those who are walking on the road.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.
  • Ps 75:2 : 2 When the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness.
  • Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights. 4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

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  • 1 Sam 7:17
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    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 7:15
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    15 And Samuel was judge of Israel all the days of his life.

  • 1 Sam 7:5-7
    3 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.

  • 1 Sam 8:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.

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

  • 1 Sam 8:1
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    1 Now when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 10:17
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    17 Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah;

  • Judg 15:20
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    20 And he was judge of Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.

  • 2 Chr 19:5-6
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    70%

    5 And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah,

    6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

  • Judg 12:7-9
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    70%

    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.

    9 He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from other places for his sons. And he was judge of Israel for seven years.

  • Acts 13:20
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    20 And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet.

  • 1 Sam 13:15
    69%

    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.

  • Judg 16:31
    68%

    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 15:12
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    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 15:34
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    34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah, in the land of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 7:11-13
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    11 And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and went after the Philistines, attacking them till they came under Beth-car.

    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.

  • Judg 4:5
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    5 (And she had her seat under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her to be judged.)

  • 1 Sam 3:20-21
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    20 And it was clear to all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba that Samuel had been made a prophet of the Lord.

    21 And the Lord was seen again in Shiloh; for the Lord gave to Samuel in Shiloh the revelation of his word.

  • 1 Sam 13:7-8
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    68%

    7 And a great number of the people had gone over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but Saul was still in Gilgal, and all the people went after him shaking in fear.

    8 And he went on waiting there for seven days, the time fixed by Samuel: but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were starting to go away from him.

  • 1 Sam 16:4
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    4 And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?

  • 1 Sam 11:14
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    14 Then Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and there make the kingdom strong in the hands of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 19:15
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    15 So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.

  • 1 Sam 10:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8 Then you are to go down before me to Gilgal, where I will come to you, for the offering of burned offerings and peace-offerings: go on waiting there for seven days till I come to you and make clear to you what you have to do.

    9 And it came about, that when he went away from Samuel, God gave him a changed heart: and all those signs took place that day.

  • 1 Sam 1:21
    67%

    21 And the man Elkanah with all his family went up to make the year's offering to the Lord, and to give effect to his oath.

  • Exod 18:16
    67%

    16 And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.

  • 1 Sam 7:3
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    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.

  • Deut 1:16
    67%

    16 And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    66%

    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.

  • Deut 17:9
    66%

    9 And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:

  • 1 Sam 9:4
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    4 So they went through the hill-country of Ephraim and through the land of Shalishah, but they saw no sign of them: then they went through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there: and they went through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not come across them.

  • Judg 17:7
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    7 Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.

  • Judg 10:3
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    3 And after him came Jair the Gileadite, who was judge over Israel for twenty-two years.

  • Judg 19:13
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    13 And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 8:21
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    21 Then Samuel, after hearing all the people had to say, went and gave an account of it to the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 12:11
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    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.

  • Judg 21:19
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    19 And they said, See, every year there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is to the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway which goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

  • 2 Chr 34:6
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    6 And in all the towns of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon as far as Naphtali, he made waste their houses round about.

  • Judg 11:11
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    11 So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.

  • Deut 16:18
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    18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

  • 1 Sam 1:3
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    3 Now this man went up from his town every year to give worship and to make offerings to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.