1 Samuel 7:17

1 Samuel 7:17 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)But he always went back to Ramah, where his home was, and there he also held court for Israel. And he built an altar there to the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he would return to Ramah, for his home was there, and there also he judged Israel. And he built there an altar to the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But he always returned to Ramah, for his home was there. There he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

Context of 1 Samuel 7:17

15Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israelites while he was alive. 16Every year, he travelled to Bethel, Gilgal and Mizpah. In all those towns he was a judge for the Israelite people. But he always returned to his home at Ramah. He was a judge for the Israelite people there too. He built an altar in Ramah to worship the Lord there.

1 Samuel 7:17 word by word

וּתְשֻׁבָת֤וֹ הָרָמָ֙תָה֙ כִּֽי־שָׁ֣ם בֵּית֔וֹ וְשָׁ֖ם שָׁפָ֣ט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֥ם מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And his returnתְּשׁוּבָהteshûbâh teshûbâh · turnH8666
• to Ramahרָמָהrâmâh · RamahH7414
• his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and there he judgedשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• and there he builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• an altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 7:17

• 1 Samuel 1:1There was a man whose name was Elkanah. He lived in a town called Ramah. This town was in the hill country where Ephraim's tribe lived. Elkanah was the son of Jeroham. Jeroham was the son of Elihu. Elihu was the son of Tohu. Tohu was the son of Zuph. Zuph belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.
• 1 Samuel 8:4So all of Israel's leaders went together to meet Samuel at Ramah.
• 1 Samuel 19:18David ran away and he escaped from Saul. He went to visit Samuel at Ramah. David told Samuel everything that Saul had done to him. Then David and Samuel went to live in Naioth.
• 1 Samuel 11:15So everyone went to Gilgal. They went to the place where they worshipped the Lord. They all agreed that Saul would be their king. They offered peace offerings to the Lord. Saul and all the Israelites were very happy.
• Genesis 12:7The Lord appeared to Abram there. He said, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ So Abram built an altar in that place to worship the Lord. He did that because the Lord had appeared to him.
• Genesis 33:20Jacob built an altar in that place. He called the altar ‘The God of Israel is the true God’.
• Genesis 35:7Jacob built an altar there. He called the place El Bethel, because that was where God appeared to him. God had appeared to him when he was running away from his brother Esau.
• Judges 21:5Then the Israelites asked, ‘Which people from Israel's tribes did not join us when we all met together at Mizpah?’ They asked this because they had made a serious promise at Mizpah. They had said, ‘We must punish with death anyone who does not join us here to meet with the Lord.’
• 1 Kings 18:30Then Elijah said to all the people, ‘Come nearer to me.’ When they came, Elijah mended the Lord's altar that had broken into pieces.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 7:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17And there he built an altar - Whether this altar was in connection with the tabernacle or not we have no means of deciding, since we are in complete ignorance as to where the tabernacle was at this time, or who was High Priest, or where he resided. It is quite possible that Samuel may have removed the tabernacle from Shiloh to some place near to Ramah; and indeed it is in itself improbable that, brought up as he was from infancy in the service of the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 In this great revival of true religion, the ark was neither removed to Shiloh, nor placed with the tabernacle any where else. This disregard to the Levitical institutions showed that their typical meaning formed their chief use; and when that was overlooked, they became a lifeless service, not to be compared with repentance, faith, and the love of God and man.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17Samuel was from Ramah (see 1 Samuel 1:1).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 7:17

• Altar
• Court
• Judge
• Ramah
• Samuel

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Ramah
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• David
• Ramathaimzophim
• Samuel, Books of
• Deuteronomy
• Judges, Period of
• Palestine

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings