Quotes about Samuel
Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
- 1 Samuel 7:5
and 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.”
- 1 Samuel 7:8
Then 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.
- 1 Samuel 7:9
As 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.
- 1 Samuel 7:10
Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- 1 Samuel 7:12
So 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.
- 1 Samuel 7:13
So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
- 1 Samuel 7:15
Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:17
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 8:1
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
- 1 Samuel 8:2
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
- 1 Samuel 8:3
So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 8:4