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1 Samuel 7:17

Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.

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ASV

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

KJV

And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּתְשֻׁבָת֤וֹu.te.shu.va.Toand return hisH8666 →
הָרָמָ֙תָה֙ha.ra.Ma.tah[was] <the> Ramah towardsH7414 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
שָׁ֣םsham[was] thereH8033 →
בֵּית֔וֹbei.Tohouse hisH1004 →
וְשָׁ֖םve.Shamand thereH8033 →
שָׁפָ֣טsha.Fathe judgedH8199 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וַיִּֽבֶן־vai.yi.ven-and he builtH1129 →
שָׁ֥םshamthereH8033 →
מִזְבֵּ֖חַmiz.Be.achan altarH4196 →
לַֽיהוָֽה׃ פla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →

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1 Samuel 14:35Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.1 Samuel 1:19The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.2 Samuel 24:25And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.Isaiah 10:29They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.1 Samuel 19:18So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.1 Samuel 7:9Then 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 8:4So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.1 Samuel 1:1Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.Jeremiah 40:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.Judges 21:4–5The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.1 Samuel 19:18–23So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.1 Kings 18:30–36Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.1 Samuel 11:15So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.Genesis 35:7There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.Genesis 33:20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.1 Kings 18:32And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.1 Samuel 15:34Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.1 Samuel 25:1When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

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