1 Samuel 7:15
So Samuel led Israel all the days of his life.
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- 1 Sam 7:6 : 6 After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. They fasted on that day, and they confessed there,“We have sinned against the LORD.”So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah.
- Judg 2:16 : 16 The LORD raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers.
- Judg 3:10-11 : 10 The LORD’s Spirit empowered him and he led Israel. When he went to do battle, the LORD handed over to him King Cushan-Rishathaim of Armon and he overpowered him. 11 The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- 1 Sam 12:1 : 1 Samuel said to all Israel,“I have done everything you requested. I have given you a king.
- 1 Sam 12:11 : 11 So the LORD sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hand of the enemies all around you, and you were able to live securely.
- 1 Sam 25:1 : 1 The Death of Samuel Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David left and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
- Acts 13:20-21 : 20 All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. 21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.
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- 1 Sam 7:16-172 verses84%
16 Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places.
17 Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged Israel there and built an altar to the LORD there.
- 1 Sam 7:12-143 verses77%
12 Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying,“Up to here the LORD has helped us.”
13 So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
14 The cities that the Philistines had captured from Israel were returned to Israel, from Ekron to Gath. Israel also delivered their territory from the control of the Philistines. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.
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1 Israel Seeks a King In his old age Samuel appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
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20 Samson led Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence.
- Acts 13:20-212 verses74%
20 All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.
- 1 Sam 7:5-106 verses73%
5 Then Samuel said,“Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
6 After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. They fasted on that day, and they confessed there,“We have sinned against the LORD.”So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah.
7 When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, the leaders of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the Israelites heard about this, they were afraid of the Philistines.
8 The Israelites said to Samuel,“Keep crying out to the LORD our God so that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines!”
9 So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. Samuel cried out to the LORD on Israel’s behalf, and the LORD answered him.
10 As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. But on that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by Israel.
- 1 Sam 3:18-203 verses72%
18 So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said,“The LORD will do what he pleases.”
19 Samuel continued to grow, and the LORD was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled.
20 All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
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1 Samuel said to all Israel,“I have done everything you requested. I have given you a king.
- 1 Sam 8:4-63 verses72%
4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.
5 They said to him,“Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead us, just like all the other nations have.”
6 But this request displeased Samuel, for they said,“Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the LORD.
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1 Saul Is Rejected as King Then Samuel said to Saul,“I was the one the LORD sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the LORD says.
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15 David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people.
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15 Now the day before Saul arrived, the LORD had told Samuel:
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15 Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about six hundred men.
- 1 Sam 15:10-123 verses70%
10 Then the LORD’s message came to Samuel:
11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from me and has not done what I told him to do.” Samuel became angry and he cried out to the LORD all that night.
12 Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed,“Saul has gone to Carmel where he is setting up a monument for himself.” Then Samuel left and went down to Gilgal.
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15 So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the LORD’s house. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.
- 1 Sam 15:34-352 verses70%
34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, while Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
35 Until the day he died Samuel did not see Saul again. Samuel did, however, mourn for Saul, but the LORD regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.
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21 So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the LORD.
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17 Then Samuel called the people together before the LORD at Mizpah.
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31 His brothers and all his family went down and brought him back. They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led Israel for twenty years.
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17 Samuel said,“Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD chose you as king over Israel.
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3 Samuel said to all the people of Israel,“If you are really turning to the LORD with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the LORD and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
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13 Then Samuel said to Saul,“You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed the commandment that the LORD your God gave you. Had you done that, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!
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14 Samuel replied,“If that is the case, then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”
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10 So Samuel spoke all of the LORD’S words to the people who were asking him for a king.
- Judg 12:7-82 verses68%
7 Jephthah led Israel for six years; then he died and was buried in his city in Gilead.
8 Order Restored After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.
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3 Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented over him and had buried him in Ramah, his hometown. In the meantime Saul had removed the mediums and magicians from the land.
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11 So the LORD sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hand of the enemies all around you, and you were able to live securely.
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14 David’s Officials David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people.
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3 When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD. They anointed David king over Israel, in keeping with the LORD’s message that came through Samuel.
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14 Samuel said to the people,“Come on! Let’s go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
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25 Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work. He wrote it all down on a scroll and set it before the LORD. Then Samuel sent all the people away to their homes.
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26 However, the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the LORD and with people.