1 Samuel 7:17 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁷ Then he returned to Ramah, for his home was there. And there he rightly ruled Yisra’ĕl, and there he built a slaughter-place to יהוה.

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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 he set up a slaughter-place there and called it Ěl Elohĕ Yisra’ĕl.

Genesis 35:7

And he built there a slaughter-place and called the place El Bĕyth Ěl, because there Elohim appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

Isaiah 10:29

They have gone through the pass, they have taken up lodging at Geḇa. Ramah is afraid, Giḇ‛ah of Sha’ul has fled.

Judges 4:5

And she was dwelling under the palm tree of Deḇorah between Ramah and Bĕyth Ěl in the mountains of Ephrayim. And the children of Yisra’ĕl came up to her for right-ruling.

Judges 6:24

And Giḏ‛on built a slaughter-place there to יהוה, and called it: יהוה Shalom. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Aḇi‛ezerites.

1 Samuel 1:1

And there was a certain man of Ramathayim Tsophim, of the mountains of Ephrayim, and his name was Elqanah son of Yeroḥam, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Tsuph, an Ephrayimite.

1 Samuel 1:19

And they rose up early in the morning and worshipped before יהוה, and returned and came to their house at Ramah. And Elqanah knew Ḥannah his wife, and יהוה remembered her.

1 Samuel 11:15

And all the people went to Gilgal, and there they set up Sha’ul to reign before יהוה in Gilgal, and there they slaughtered slaughterings of peace offerings before יהוה. And there Sha’ul rejoiced, and all the men of Yisra’ĕl, very greatly.

1 Samuel 14:35

And Sha’ul built a slaughter-place to יהוה. It was the first slaughter-place he built to יהוה.

1 Samuel 15:34

And Shemu’ĕl went to Ramah, while Sha’ul went up to his house at Giḇ‛ah of Sha’ul.

1 Samuel 2:11

And Elqanah went to his house at Ramah. But the youth served יהוה before Ěli the priest.

1 Samuel 28:3

And Shemu’ĕl had died, and all Yisra’ĕl had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. And Sha’ul had put away the mediums and the spiritists from the land.

1 Samuel 8:4

And all the elders of Yisra’ĕl gathered together and came to Shemu’ĕl at Ramah,

1 Samuel 9:12

And they answered them and said, “He is. Look, ahead of you. Hurry now, for he came to this city today, for the people have a slaughtering on the high place today.