1 Samuel 7:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 1 Sam 1:19 : 19 And early in the morning they got up, and after worshipping before the Lord they went back to Ramah, to their house: and Elkanah had connection with his wife; and the Lord kept her in mind.
  • 1 Sam 8:4 : 4 Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,
  • 1 Sam 1:1 : 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the hill-country of Ephraim, named Elkanah; he was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:
  • 1 Sam 11:15 : 15 So all the people went to Gilgal; and there in Gilgal they made Saul king before the Lord; and peace-offerings were offered before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were glad with great joy.
  • 1 Sam 19:18-23 : 18 So David went in flight and got away and came to Ramah, to Samuel, and gave him an account of all Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and were living in Naioth. 19 And word was given to Saul that David was at Naioth in Ramah. 20 And Saul sent men to take David; and when they saw the band of prophets at work, with Samuel in his place at their head, the spirit of God came on Saul's men, and they became like prophets. 21 And Saul, having news of this, sent other men, who in the same way became like prophets. And a third time Saul sent men, and they like the others became like prophets. 22 Then he himself went to Ramah, and came to the great water-spring in Secu; and questioning the people he said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, They are at Naioth in Ramah. 23 And he went on from there to Naioth in Ramah: and the spirit of God came on him, and he went on, acting like a prophet, till he came to Naioth in Ramah.
  • 1 Kgs 18:30-36 : 30 Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near. And he put up again the altar of the Lord which had been broken down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, Israel will be your name: 32 And with the stones he made an altar to the name of the Lord; and he made a deep drain all round the altar, great enough to take two measures of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, and, cutting up the ox, put it on the wood. Then he said, Get four vessels full of water and put it on the burned offering and on the wood. And he said, Do it a second time, and they did it a second time; 34 And he said, Do it a third time, and they did it a third time. 35 And the water went all round the altar, till the drain was full. 36 Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order.
  • Gen 12:7-8 : 7 And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him. 8 And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.
  • Gen 33:20 : 20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.
  • Gen 35:7 : 7 And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.
  • Judg 21:4-5 : 4 Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings. 5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.

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  • 1 Sam 7:15-16
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    85%

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

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

  • 1 Sam 8:4
    70%

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

  • Gen 33:20
    70%

    20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 33:16
    70%

    16 And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • Judg 19:13
    69%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 19:15
    69%

    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.

  • Gen 12:8
    69%

    8 And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.

  • Judg 4:5
    69%

    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 Chr 17:5-6
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    69%

    5 For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.

    6 In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

  • Judg 17:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

    8 And he went away from the town of Beth-lehem-judah, looking for somewhere to make his living-place; and on his journey he came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah.

  • 2 Sam 7:11
    69%

    11 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.

  • 2 Chr 34:7
    69%

    7 He had the altars and the pillars of wood pulled down and the images crushed to dust, and all the sun-images cut down, through all the land of Israel, and then he went back to Jerusalem.

  • Judg 6:24
    69%

    24 Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    68%

    1 Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

  • Judg 8:29
    68%

    29 And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there.

  • 2 Chr 19:4-6
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    68%

    4 And Jehoshaphat was living in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people, from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, guiding them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

    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.

  • 1 Sam 2:11
    68%

    11 Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.

  • 2 Chr 33:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4 And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

    5 And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

  • Gen 35:7
    68%

    7 And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

  • 1 Sam 15:34
    68%

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

  • 2 Kgs 21:4-5
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    68%

    4 And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

    5 And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

  • Judg 21:4
    68%

    4 Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.

  • 1 Sam 7:5
    68%

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

  • 1 Chr 21:29
    68%

    29 For the House of the Lord, which Moses had made in the waste land, and the altar of burned offerings, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.

  • Judg 12:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 7:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6 For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent.

    7 In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?

  • Judg 15:20
    67%

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

  • Josh 19:50
    67%

    50 By the orders of the Lord they gave him the town for which he made request, Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim: there, after building the town, he made his living-place.

  • 2 Chr 19:8
    67%

    8 Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 21:26
    67%

    26 And David put up an altar there to the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings with prayers to the Lord; and he gave him an answer from heaven, sending fire on the altar of burned offering.

  • 1 Chr 17:10
    67%

    10 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.

  • 1 Kgs 13:32
    67%

    32 For the outcry he made by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el and against all the houses of the high places in the towns of Samaria, will certainly come about.

  • 1 Sam 10:17
    67%

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

  • 1 Sam 30:27
    67%

    27 He sent to those who were in Beth-el, and in Ramah of the South, and in Jattir;

  • Num 23:14
    67%

    14 So he took him into the country of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and there they made seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.

  • Acts 7:47
    67%

    47 But Solomon was the builder of his house.

  • 1 Sam 14:35
    67%

    35 And Saul put up an altar to the Lord: this was the first altar which he put up to the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    67%

    4 But the ark of God had been moved by David from Kiriath-jearim to the place which he had made ready for it, for he had put up a tent for it at Jerusalem.

  • Judg 16:31
    67%

    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.