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1 Samuel 7

1 Sam. 7:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And his return
tshuwbah (Hebrew #8666)
from 7725; a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned)
KJV usage: answer, be expired, return.
Pronounce: tesh-oo-baw'
Origin: or tshubah {tesh-oo-baw'}
was to Ramah
Ramah (Hebrew #7414)
Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine
KJV usage: Ramah.
Pronounce: raw-maw'
Origin: the same as 7413
c; for there was his house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
; and there he judged
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
; and there he built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
an altar
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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1 Sam. 8:4• 4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, (1 Sam. 8:4)

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Ministry on This Verse

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his return.
1 Sam. 1:1,19• 1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
 19And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her. (1 Sam. 1:1,19)
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1 Sam. 8:4• 4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, (1 Sam. 8:4)
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1 Sam. 19:18‑23• 18So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
 19And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
 20And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
 21And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
 22Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
 23And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. (1 Sam. 19:18‑23)
he built.
1 Sam. 11:15• 15And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. (1 Sam. 11:15)
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Gen. 12:7‑8• 7And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.
 8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. (Gen. 12:7‑8)
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Gen. 33:20• 20And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. (Gen. 33:20)
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Gen. 35:7• 7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. (Gen. 35:7)
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Judg. 21:5• 5And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the Lord? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. (Judg. 21:5)
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1 Kings 18:30‑36• 30And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.
 31And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
 32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
 33And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
 34And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
 35And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
 36And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. (1 Kings 18:30‑36)
• Samuel lived in Ramah, which means “heights.” There, “above the restless world that wars below,” he built an altar for himself, where he enjoyed hallowed communion with the Lord. It was as if patriarchal conditions had returned (Gen. 12:7, 26:25). (“Prophet and Judge” by W.W. Fereday)
• Even at Ramah where his house was, he was occupied only with the well-being of the Lord's people. (“1 Samuel 7” by H.L. Rossier)
• The first expression of his service had been to worship before the Lord (1 Sam. 1:28); the worshipper's altar is the last expression of his service. Is not this life of faith fittingly framed by these two acts? (“1 Samuel 7” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house, and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar to Jehovah.