KJV King James Version
And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
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1 Samuel 7:16
And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
WEB World English Bible
He went from year to year in circuit to Bethel and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
ASV American Standard Version
And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he hath gone from year to year, and gone round Beth-El, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all these places;
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 7
13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
17 And his return [was] to Ramah; for there [was] his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
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וְהָלַ֗ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentמִדֵּ֤יH1767 · daysufficiencyשָׁנָה֙H8141 · sha.nehyearבְּשָׁנָ֔הH8141 · sha.nehyearוְסָבַב֙H5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnבֵּֽית־H1008 · bet-elBethelאֵ֔לH1008 · bet-elBethelוְהַגִּלְגָּ֖לH1537 · gil.galGilgalוְהַמִּצְפָּ֑הH4709 · mits.pahMizpahוְשָׁפַט֙H8199 · sha.phatto judgeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאֵ֥תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallהַמְּקוֹמ֖וֹתH4725 · ma.qomplaceהָאֵֽלֶּה׃H428 · el.lehthese
Cross-references
Judges 5:10Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.Psalm 75:2When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.Judges 12:14And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.Psalm 82:3-4Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.Judges 10:4And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which [are] in the land of Gilead.
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