And Samuel H8050 judged H8199 Israel H3478 all H3605 the days H3117 of his life. H2416

And his return H8666 was to Ramah; H7414 for there H8033 was his house; H1004 and there H8033 he judged H8199 Israel; H3478 and there H8033 he built H1129 an altar H4196 to the LORD. H3068

And Abraham H85 planted H5193 a grove H815 in Beersheba, H884 and called H7121 there H8033 on the name H8034 of the LORD, H3068 the everlasting H5769 God. H410

Then all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went H3318 out, and the congregation H5712 was gathered H6950 together as one H259 man, H376 from Dan H1835 even to Beersheba, H884 with the land H776 of Gilead, H1568 to the LORD H3068 in Mizpeh. H4709

And Joshua H3091 answered H559 them, If H518 you be a great H7227 people, H5971 then get H5927 you up to the wood H3293 country, and cut H1254 down for yourself there H8033 in the land H776 of the Perizzites H6522 and of the giants, H7497 if H3588 mount H2022 Ephraim H669 be too narrow H213 for you.

And it came H1961 to pass in those H1992 days, H3117 when there was no H369 king H4428 in Israel, H3478 that there was a certain H376 Levite H3881 sojourning H1481 on the side H3411 of mount H2022 Ephraim, H669 who took H3947 to him a concubine H6370 out of Bethlehemjudah. H1035

And when Asa H609 heard H8085 these H428 words, H1697 and the prophecy H5016 of Oded H5752 the prophet, H5030 he took courage, H2388 and put H5674 away H5674 the abominable H8251 idols H8251 out of all H3605 the land H776 of Judah H3063 and Benjamin, H1144 and out of the cities H5892 which H834 he had taken H3920 from mount H2022 Ephraim, H669 and renewed H2318 the altar H4196 of the LORD, H3068 that was before H6440 the porch H197 of the LORD. H3068

So they gathered H6908 themselves together at Jerusalem H3389 in the third H7992 month, H2320 in the fifteenth H2568 H6240 year H8141 of the reign H4438 of Asa. H609

And they entered H935 into a covenant H1285 to seek H1875 the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers H1 with all H3605 their heart H3824 and with all H3605 their soul; H5315

Now H6258 it is in my heart H3824 to make H3772 a covenant H1285 with the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel, H3478 that his fierce H2740 wrath H639 may turn H7725 away from us.

My sons, H1121 be not now H6258 negligent: H7952 for the LORD H3068 has chosen H970 you to stand H5975 before H6440 him, to serve H8334 him, and that you should minister H8334 to him, and burn H6999 incense. H6999

And Samuel H8050 spoke H559 to all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 If H518 you do return H7725 to the LORD H3068 with all H3605 your hearts, H3824 then put H5493 away H5493 the strange H5236 gods H430 and Ashtaroth H6252 from among H8432 you, and prepare H3559 your hearts H3824 to the LORD, H3068 and serve H5647 him only: H905 and he will deliver H5337 you out of the hand H3027 of the Philistines. H6430

Then the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did put H5493 away H5493 Baalim H1168 and Ashtaroth, H6252 and served H5647 the LORD H3068 only. H905

And he shall turn H7725 the heart H3820 of the fathers H1 to the children, H1121 and the heart H3820 of the children H1121 to their fathers, H1 lest H6435 I come H935 and smite H5221 the earth H776 with a curse. H2764

And he shall go G4281 before G1799 him in the spirit G4151 and power G1411 of Elias, G2243 to turn G1994 the hearts G2588 of the fathers G3962 to the children, G5043 and the disobedient G545 to the wisdom G5428 of the just; G1342 to make G2090 ready G2090 a people G2992 prepared G2680 for the Lord. G2962