1 Samuel 7:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.
  • 1 Sam 7:12 : 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.
  • 1 Sam 7:16 : 16 From year to year he went in turn to Beth-el and Gilgal and Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.
  • 1 Sam 10:17 : 17 Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah;
  • 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.
  • 2 Kgs 25:23 : 23 Now the captains of the armed forces, hearing that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah ruler, came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah; Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, the son of the Maacathite, came with all their men.
  • Neh 9:1 : 1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting haircloth and dust on their bodies.
  • Joel 2:16 : 16 Get the people together, make the mass of the people holy, send for the old men, get together the children and babies at the breast: let the newly married man come out of his room and the bride from her tent.
  • Josh 15:38 : 38 And Dilan, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel;

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  • 1 Sam 7:6-13
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    87%

    6So 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.

    7Now 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.

    8And 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.

    9And 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.

    10And 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.

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

    12Then 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.

    13So 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.

  • 1 Sam 10:17
    84%

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

  • 1 Sam 8:4-7
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    76%

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

    5And 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.

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

    7And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.

  • 1 Sam 7:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3Then 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.

    4So the children of Israel gave up the worship of Baal and Astarte, and became worshippers of the Lord only.

  • 1 Sam 8:21
    74%

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

  • 1 Sam 7:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Judg 20:1
    73%

    1Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.

  • Judg 10:17
    73%

    17Then the children of Ammon came together and put their army in position in Gilead. And the children of Israel came together and put their army in position in Mizpah.

  • 1 Sam 12:18-19
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    72%

    18So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.

    19And all the people said to Samuel, Make prayer for us to the Lord your God so that death may not overtake us: for in addition to all our sins we have done this evil, in desiring a king.

  • 1 Sam 15:30
    72%

    30Then he said, Great is my sin: but still, give me honour now before the heads of my people and before Israel, and come back with me so that I may give worship to the Lord your God.

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    72%

    1And 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 16:2-5
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    2And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.

    3And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.

    4And 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?

    5And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.

  • 1 Sam 4:1
    71%

    1Now at that time the Philistines came together to make war against Israel, and the men of Israel went out to war against the Philistines and took up their position at the side of Eben-ezer: and the Philistines put their forces in position in Aphek.

  • 1 Sam 13:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were going away from me, and you had not come at the time which had been fixed, and the Philistines had come together at Michmash;

    12I said, Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal, and I have made no prayer for help to the Lord: and so, forcing myself to do it, I made a burned offering.

  • 1 Sam 12:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness, who gave authority to Moses and Aaron, and who took your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

    7Keep your places now, while I take up the argument with you before the Lord, and give you the story of the righteousness of the Lord, which he has made clear by his acts to you and to your fathers.

  • 1 Sam 1:20
    71%

    20Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.

  • 1 Sam 9:15-16
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    70%

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

    16Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and on him you are to put the holy oil, making him ruler over my people Israel, and he will make my people safe from the hands of the Philistines: for I have seen the sorrow of my people, whose cry has come up to me.

  • Joel 1:14
    70%

    14Let a time be fixed for going without food, have a holy meeting, let the old men, even all the people of the land, come together to the house of the Lord your God, crying out to the Lord.

  • Judg 20:26
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    26Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    70%

    1And 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.

  • 1 Sam 15:25
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    25So now, let my sin have forgiveness, and go back with me to give worship to the Lord.

  • Ps 99:6
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    6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who gave honour to his name; they made prayers to the Lord, and he gave answers to them.

  • 2 Chr 20:4
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    4And Judah came together to make prayer for help from the Lord; from every town of Judah they came to give worship to the Lord.

  • Jer 42:9
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    9And said to them, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to put your request before him:

  • 1 Sam 8:10
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    10And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.

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

  • 1 Sam 1:10
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    10And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 9:18
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    18Then Saul came up to Samuel in the doorway of the town and said, Give me directions, if you will be so good, to the house of the seer.

  • 1 Sam 3:10
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    10Then the Lord came and said as before, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel made answer, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open.

  • 1 Sam 1:26
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    26And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:

  • 1 Sam 3:4
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    4The voice of the Lord said Samuel's name; and he said, Here am I.