1 Samuel 7:17 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁷ And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Then he would return to Ramah, for his home was there; there he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Then he would return to Ramah because that’s where his home was. In Ramah too he served as Israel’s judge, and that is also where he built an altar to the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And he returned to Ramah. For his house was there, and he judged Israel there. And then he built an altar to the Lord there.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And he returned to Ramatha; for there was his house, and there he judged Israel. He built also there an altar to the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:17 Cross References

Genesis 33:20

And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country.

Genesis 35:7

At the same time Debora the nurse of Rebecca died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel under an oak: and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping.

Isaiah 10:29

And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.

Judges 4:5

0 And he called unto him Zabulon and Nepbtali, and went up with ten thousand fighting men, having Debbora in his company.

Judges 6:24

9 And they said one to another: Who hath done this? And when they inquired for the author of the fact, it was said: Gedeon the son of Joas did all this.

1 Samuel 1:1

Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her exceedingly, insomuch that she upbraided her, that the Lord had shut up her womb:

1 Samuel 1:19

4 And after she had weaned him, she carried him with her, with three calves, and three bushels of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she brought him to the house of the Lord in Silo. Now the child was as yet very young:

1 Samuel 11:15

And he said to them: The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found any thing in my hand. And they said: He is witness.

1 Samuel 14:35

0 And he said to all Israel: Be you on one side, and I with Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people answered Saul: Do what seemeth good in thy eyes.

1 Samuel 15:34

Then Samuel did as the Lord had said to him. And he came to Bethlehem, and the ancients of the city wondered, and meeting him, they said: Is thy coming hither peaceable?

1 Samuel 2:11

6 And he that sacrificed said to him: Let the fat first be burnt to day according to the custom, and then take as much as thy soul desireth. But he answered and said to him: Not so: but thou shalt give it me now, or else I will take it by force.

1 Samuel 28:3

Then he disguised himself: and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night, and he said to her: Divine to me by thy divining spirit, and bring me up him whom I shall tell thee.

1 Samuel 8:4

Now therefore hearken to their voice: but yet testify to them, and foretell them the right of the king, that shall reign over them.

1 Samuel 9:12

7 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him: Behold the man, of whom I spoke to thee, this man shall reign over my people.