1 Samuel 7:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 1:19 : 19 Early in the morning, they arose and worshiped before the LORD, and then they returned to their home in Ramah. Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
  • 1 Sam 8:4 : 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
  • 1 Sam 1:1 : 1 There was a man from Ramathaim-Zophim, in the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.
  • 1 Sam 11:15 : 15 So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king in the presence of the LORD. They sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the men of Israel celebrated with great joy.
  • 1 Sam 19:18-23 : 18 David fled and escaped. He went to Samuel at Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth. 19 When Saul was told, 'David is at Naioth in Ramah,' he acted accordingly. 20 Saul sent messengers to capture David. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel presiding over them, the Spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers, and they also began to prophesy. 21 When Saul was informed of this, he sent another group of messengers, but they too began to prophesy. Saul sent a third group, and they also prophesied. 22 Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah. He came to the great cistern at Secu and asked, 'Where are Samuel and David?' Someone answered, 'They are at Naioth in Ramah.' 23 So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon him as well, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth.
  • 1 Kgs 18:30-36 : 30 Then Elijah said to all the people, 'Come here to me.' They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which had been torn down. 31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, 'Your name shall be Israel.' 32 With the stones, he built an altar in the name of the LORD and dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed. 33 He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces, and laid it on the wood. 34 Then he said, 'Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and the wood.' 'Do it again,' he said, and they did it again. 'Do it a third time,' he ordered, and they did it the third time. 35 The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench. 36 At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached and said, "LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that You are God in Israel, that I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your command.
  • Gen 12:7-8 : 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 From there, Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
  • Gen 33:20 : 20 There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
  • Gen 35:7 : 7 There he built an altar and named the place El Bethel (God of Bethel), because it was there that God revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
  • Judg 21:4-5 : 4 The next day the people rose early, built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. 5 The Israelites asked, 'Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come up to the assembly of the LORD at Mizpah?' They had made a solemn oath that anyone who did not come before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Sam 7:15-16
    2 verses
    85%

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

    16Each year, Samuel traveled in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.

  • 1 Sam 8:4
    70%

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

  • Gen 33:20
    70%

    20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

  • 2 Chr 33:16
    70%

    16Then he restored the altar of the LORD and offered on it sacrifices of peace offerings and thanksgiving. And he commanded Judah to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • Judg 19:13
    69%

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

  • 2 Sam 19:15
    69%

    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.'

  • Gen 12:8
    69%

    8From there, Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.

  • Judg 4:5
    69%

    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 Chr 17:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5For I have not lived in a house from the day I brought Israel out until this very day. I have moved from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.

    6In all the places where I walked with Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"

  • Judg 17:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

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

    8The man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to find a place to stay. He traveled until he reached the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah's house as part of his journey.

  • 2 Sam 7:11
    69%

    11from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house.

  • 2 Chr 34:7
    69%

    7He tore down the altars and the Asherah poles, smashed the carved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

  • Judg 6:24
    69%

    24So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it 'The Lord is Peace.' To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    68%

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

  • Judg 8:29
    68%

    29Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) son of Joash went back to his home to live.

  • 2 Chr 19:4-6
    3 verses
    68%

    4Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, but he also went out among the people, from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

    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.'

  • 1 Sam 2:11
    68%

    11'Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah, but the boy stayed to serve the LORD under the supervision of Eli the priest.'

  • 2 Chr 33:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4He built altars in the temple of the LORD, about which the LORD had said, 'My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.'

    5He built altars to all the stars of the sky in both courtyards of the temple of the LORD.

  • Gen 35:7
    68%

    7There he built an altar and named the place El Bethel (God of Bethel), because it was there that God revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

  • 1 Sam 15:34
    68%

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

  • 2 Kgs 21:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4He built altars in the house of the LORD, about which the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem I will put My name.'

    5He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the LORD's house.

  • Judg 21:4
    68%

    4The next day the people rose early, built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

  • 1 Sam 7:5
    68%

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

  • 1 Chr 21:29
    68%

    29The tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time on the high place at Gibeon.

  • Judg 12:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 7:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought the people of Israel up from Egypt, to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent, a tabernacle.

    7In all the places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word to any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'

  • Judg 15:20
    67%

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

  • Josh 19:50
    67%

    50As instructed by the LORD, they gave him the city he asked for—Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He built up the city and settled there.

  • 2 Chr 19:8
    67%

    8In Jerusalem also, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to administer the law of the LORD and settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 21:26
    67%

    26There David built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called on the LORD, and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of the burnt offering.

  • 1 Chr 17:10
    67%

    10and as they have done since the time I appointed judges over my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I declare to you that the LORD himself will build a house for you.

  • 1 Kgs 13:32
    67%

    32For the message he declared by the word of the LORD against the altar at Bethel and against all the shrines of the high places in the towns of Samaria will surely be fulfilled.

  • 1 Sam 10:17
    67%

    17Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah.

  • 1 Sam 30:27
    67%

    27He sent it to those in Bethel, Ramoth-Negev, and Jattir;

  • Num 23:14
    67%

    14So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah. There he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

  • Acts 7:47
    67%

    47But it was Solomon who built Him a house.

  • 1 Sam 14:35
    67%

    35Then Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar to the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    67%

    4But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it in Jerusalem, where he had pitched a tent for it.

  • Judg 16:31
    67%

    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.