Introduction
The men of Kirjah-jearim bring the ark from Beth-shemesh, and consecrate Eleazar, the son of Abinadab, to keep it; and there it continued twenty years, 1 Samuel 7:1 , 1 Samuel 7:2 . Samuel reproves and exhorts the people, and gathers them together at Mizpeh, where they fast and pray, and confess their sins, 1 Samuel 7:3-6 . The Philistines go up against them; the Israelites cry unto the Lord for help; Samuel offers sacrifices; and the Lord confounds the Philistines with thunder; Israel discomfits and pursues them to Beth-car, 1 Samuel 7:7-11 . Samuel erects a stone for a memorial, and calls it Eben-ezer, 1 Samuel 7:12 . The Philistines are totally subdued, and Israel recovers all its lost cities, 1 Samuel 7:13 , 1 Samuel 7:14 . Samuel acts as an itinerant judge in Israel, 1 Samuel 7:15-17 .
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