1Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.stylusPsalms 132:6, Isaiah 52:11, 1 Chronicles 13:5, 1 Chronicles 13:7, Joshua 18:142And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.stylusMatthew 5:4, Jeremiah 31:9, Jeremiah 3:22, Jeremiah 3:25, Judges 2:43Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”stylusLuke 4:8, Luke 4:8, Deuteronomy 13:4, Deuteronomy 13:4, Matthew 4:104So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.stylusHosea 14:8, Hosea 14:8, Hosea 14:3, Hosea 14:3, Judges 10:155Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”stylusJudges 20:1, Judges 20:1, Joshua 15:38, 1 Samuel 7:16, 1 Samuel 7:126When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.stylus1 Samuel 1:15, 2 Samuel 14:14, 1 Samuel 1:15, 2 Samuel 14:14, Judges 10:107When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistinesstylus1 Samuel 17:11, 1 Samuel 17:11, 1 Samuel 13:6, 1 Samuel 13:6, Exodus 14:108and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”stylusIsaiah 37:4, Isaiah 37:4, James 5:16, 1 Samuel 12:19, 1 Samuel 12:249Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.stylusJeremiah 15:1, Jeremiah 15:1, Psalms 99:6, Psalms 99:6, 1 Samuel 7:1710As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.stylus1 Samuel 2:10, 1 Samuel 2:10, 1 Samuel 12:17, Joshua 10:10, Judges 5:2011Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.stylus12Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”stylus2 Corinthians 1:10, 2 Corinthians 1:10, Joshua 4:9, Joshua 4:9, Acts 26:2213So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.stylusJudges 13:1, Judges 13:1, 1 Samuel 17:49, 1 Samuel 17:53, 1 Samuel 17:4914The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.stylusJudges 4:17, Deuteronomy 7:16, Deuteronomy 7:2, Psalms 106:34, Judges 4:1715So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.stylus1 Samuel 7:6, 1 Samuel 7:6, Judges 2:16, Acts 13:20, Acts 13:2116Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.stylusPsalms 75:2, Judges 5:10, Judges 10:4, Psalms 82:3, Psalms 82:417Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.stylus1 Samuel 1:19, 1 Samuel 1:19, 1 Samuel 1:1, 1 Samuel 8:4, 1 Samuel 1:1