1 Samuel 7:17 “Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

His return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and he judged Israel there; and he built an altar to the LORD there.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Afterward hee returned to Ramah: for there was his house, and there he iudged Israel: also he built an altar there vnto the Lord.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

and his returning [is] to Ramath, for there [is] his house, and there he hath judged Israel, and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord.

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Cross references

“his return”

1 Samuel 1:19 1 Samuel 1:1 1 Samuel 8:4 1 Samuel 19:18–23

1 Samuel 1:19 · BSB

The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

1 Samuel 1:1 · BSB

Now 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.

1 Samuel 8:4 · BSB

So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

1 Samuel 19:18–23 · BSB

So 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.

“he built”

1 Samuel 11:15 Genesis 33:20 Genesis 35:7 1 Kings 18:30–36 Genesis 12:7 Genesis 12:8

1 Samuel 11:15 · BSB

So 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 33:20 · BSB

There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Genesis 35:7 · BSB

There 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.

1 Kings 18:30–36 · BSB

Then 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.

Genesis 12:7 · BSB

Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring. ” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 12:8 · BSB

From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

Also

Judges 21:4–5

Judges 21:4–5 · BSB

The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.

Read 1 Samuel 7