1 Samuel 7:16

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Each year, Samuel traveled in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.

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  • Judg 5:10 : 10 You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on rich carpets, and you who walk along the road, think about this:
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 He had thirty sons, who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns, which are called Havvoth-Jair to this day, in the land of Gilead.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.
  • Ps 75:2 : 2 We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. People recount your wondrous works.
  • Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

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  • 1 Sam 7:17
    85%

    17But he always returned to Ramah, where his home was. There he judged Israel and also built an altar to the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 7:15
    84%

    15Samuel continued to judge Israel all the days of his life.

  • 1 Sam 7:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5Then Samuel said, 'Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.'

    6When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day, they fasted and confessed, 'We have sinned against the LORD.' And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

    7When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had assembled at Mizpah, their rulers marched up against Israel. When the Israelites heard of this, they were afraid of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 8:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3However, his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside to dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

    4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 8:1
    71%

    1When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 10:17
    71%

    17Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah.

  • Judg 15:20
    71%

    20Samson led Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

  • 2 Chr 19:5-6
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    70%

    5He appointed judges throughout the land, in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

    6He said to the judges, 'Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals, but for the LORD, who is with you whenever you give a judgment.'

  • Judg 12:7-9
    3 verses
    70%

    7Jephthah judged Israel for six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in the towns of Gilead.

    8After him, Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.

    9He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He sent his daughters outside the family for marriage and brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. He judged Israel for seven years.

  • Acts 13:20
    70%

    20All this took about 450 years. Afterward, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

  • 1 Sam 13:15
    69%

    15Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul counted the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

  • Judg 16:31
    68%

    31Then his brothers and his father's whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah, his father. He had led Israel for twenty years.

  • 1 Sam 15:12
    68%

    12Early in the morning, Samuel got up to meet Saul, but he was told, 'Saul went to Carmel and has set up a monument in his own honor. Then he turned and went down to Gilgal.'

  • 1 Sam 15:34
    68%

    34Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 7:11-13
    3 verses
    68%

    11The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to a point below Beth-car.

    12Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, naming it Ebenezer, saying, 'Thus far, the LORD has helped us.'

    13So the Philistines were subdued and did not invade Israel's territory again. The hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

  • Judg 4:5
    68%

    5She would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came up to her for judgment.

  • 1 Sam 3:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    20All of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, recognized that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord.

    21The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, for he revealed himself to Samuel there through his word.

  • 1 Sam 13:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7Some Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul remained in Gilgal, and all the people with him trembled in fear.

    8He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people started to scatter from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 16:4
    67%

    4So Samuel did as the LORD commanded. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled at his coming and asked, "Do you come in peace?"

  • 1 Sam 11:14
    67%

    14Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there."

  • 2 Sam 19:15
    67%

    15He won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one person. They sent word to the king, 'Return, you and all your men.'

  • 1 Sam 10:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8Go down ahead of me to Gilgal, and I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifices of peace offerings. You must wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.

    9As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed his heart, and all these signs came to pass that day.

  • 1 Sam 1:21
    67%

    21When Elkanah and all his household went up to offer the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,

  • Exod 18:16
    67%

    16Whenever they have a dispute, they come to me to seek judgment. I decide between one person and another and make known the statutes of God and His laws.

  • 1 Sam 7:3
    67%

    3Then Samuel said to the whole house of Israel, 'If you are truly returning to the LORD with all your heart, rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth among you. Commit your hearts to the LORD and worship Him only, and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.'

  • Deut 1:16
    67%

    16At that time, I commanded your judges, saying, 'Hear the disputes between your brothers and judge fairly between a man and his brother or the foreigner who is residing among them.'

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    66%

    1Then Samuel said to all Israel, 'Here I am; I have listened to you in everything you have said to me, and I have set a king over you.'

  • Deut 17:9
    66%

    9Go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you the verdict.

  • 1 Sam 9:4
    66%

    4So they went through the hill country of Ephraim and the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. Then they went through the land of Shaalim, but the donkeys were not there. They passed through the territory of Benjamin, but they still did not find them.

  • Judg 17:7
    66%

    7There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the family of Judah. He was a Levite, and he was residing there temporarily.

  • Judg 10:3
    66%

    3After him, Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel for twenty-two years.

  • Judg 19:13
    66%

    13He said to his servant, "Come, let us approach one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

  • 1 Sam 8:21
    66%

    21Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them to the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 12:11
    66%

    11Then the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hand of your enemies on every side, so that you lived in safety.

  • Judg 21:19
    66%

    19Then they said, 'There is a yearly festival to the LORD in Shiloh, which lies north of Bethel, east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.'

  • 2 Chr 34:6
    66%

    6He did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins all around.

  • Judg 11:11
    66%

    11So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their head and commander. Jephthah repeated all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.

  • Deut 16:18
    66%

    18Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.

  • 1 Sam 1:3
    66%

    3Year after year, this man would go up from his city to worship and to offer sacrifices to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as priests of the LORD.