1 So the men of Kiriath Jearim came and took up the ark of the LORD. They brought it to Abinadab's house on the hill and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the LORD.2 The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim a long time —twenty years in all. Then all the people of Israel turned back to the LORD.3 So Samuel said to all the Israelites, "If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."4 So the Israelites put away their Baals and Ashtoreths, and served the LORD only.5 Then Samuel said, "Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the LORD for you."6 When they had assembled 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." Now Samuel was serving as leader "of Israel at Mizpah.7 When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard of it, they were afraid because of the Philistines.8 They said to Samuel, "Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines."9 Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on Israel's behalf, and the LORD answered him.10 While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to engage Israel in battle. But that day the LORD thundered with loud thunder against the Philistines and threw them into such a panic that they were routed before the Israelites.11 The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Kar.12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, "saying, "Thus far the LORD has helped us."13 So the Philistines were subdued and they stopped invading Israel's territory. Throughout Samuel's lifetime, the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines.14 The towns from Ekron to Gath that the Philistines had captured from Israel were restored to Israel, and Israel delivered the neighboring territory from the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.15 Samuel continued as Israel's leader all the days of his life.16 From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.17 But he always went back to Ramah, where his home was, and there he also held court for Israel. And he built an altar there to the LORD.

1 Venerunt ergo viri Cariathiarim, et reduxerunt arcam Domini, et intulerunt eam in domum Abinadab in Gabaa : Eleazarum autem filium ejus sanctificaverunt, ut custodiret arcam Domini.2 Et factum est, ex qua die mansit arca Domini in Cariathiarim, multiplicati sunt dies (erat quippe jam annus vigesimus), et requievit omnis domus Isral post Dominum. 3 Ait autem Samuel ad universam domum Isral, dicens : Si in toto corde vestro revertimini ad Dominum, auferte deos alienos de medio vestri, Baalim et Astaroth : et prparate corda vestra Domino, et servite ei soli, et eruet vos de manu Philisthiim. 4 Abstulerunt ergo filii Isral Baalim et Astaroth, et servierunt Domino soli. 5 Dixit autem Samuel : Congregate universum Isral in Masphath, ut orem pro vobis Dominum. 6 Et convenerunt in Masphath : hauseruntque aquam, et effuderunt in conspectu Domini : et jejunaverunt in die illa atque dixerunt ibi : Peccavimus Domino. Judicavitque Samuel filios Isral in Masphath. 7 Et audierunt Philisthiim quod congregati essent filii Isral in Masphath, et ascenderunt satrap Philisthinorum ad Isral. Quod cum audissent filii Isral, timuerunt a facie Philisthinorum. 8 Dixeruntque ad Samuelem : Ne cesses pro nobis clamare ad Dominum Deum nostrum, ut salvet nos de manu Philisthinorum. 9 Tulit autem Samuel agnum lactentem unum, et obtulit illum holocaustum integrum Domino : et clamavit Samuel ad Dominum pro Isral, et exaudivit eum Dominus.10 Factum est autem, cum Samuel offerret holocaustum, Philisthiim iniere prlium contra Isral : intonuit autem Dominus fragore magno in die illa super Philisthiim, et exterruit eos, et csi sunt a facie Isral. 11 Egressique viri Isral de Masphath, persecuti sunt Philisthos, et percusserunt eos usque ad locum qui erat subter Bethchar. 12 Tulit autem Samuel lapidem unum, et posuit eum inter Masphath et inter Sen : et vocavit nomen loci illius, Lapis adjutorii. Dixitque : Hucusque auxiliatus est nobis Dominus. 13 Et humiliati sunt Philisthiim, nec apposuerunt ultra ut venirent in terminos Isral. Facta est itaque manus Domini super Philisthos cunctis diebus Samuelis. 14 Et reddit sunt urbes quas tulerant Philisthiim ab Isral, Israli, ab Accaron usque Geth, et terminos suos : liberavitque Isral de manu Philisthinorum, eratque pax inter Isral et Amorrhum. 15 Judicabat quoque Samuel Isralem cunctis diebus vit su : 16 et ibat per singulos annos circuiens Bethel et Galgala et Masphath, et judicabat Isralem in supradictis locis. 17 Revertebaturque in Ramatha : ibi enim erat domus ejus, et ibi judicabat Isralem : dificavit etiam ibi altare Domino.