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 Living Translation (NLT)Then he would return to his home at Ramah, and he would hear cases there, too. And Samuel built an altar to the Lord at Ramah.

Context of 1 Samuel 7:17

15And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 16He went from year to year on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places. But he always returned to Ramah, for his home was there. There he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

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 1:1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the mountains of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
• 1 Samuel 8:4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,
• 1 Samuel 19:18So David fled and escaped, and went to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth.
• 1 Samuel 11:15So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they made sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
• Genesis 12:7Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
• Genesis 33:20Then he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.
• Genesis 35:7And he built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
• Judges 21:5The children of Israel said, “Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who did not come up with the assembly to the Lord?” For they had made a great oath concerning anyone who had not come up to the Lord at Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”
• 1 Kings 18:30Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.

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
• David
• Ramathaimzophim
• Samuel, Books of
• Deuteronomy
• Judges, Period of
• Palestine
• Sanctuary
• Tabernacle

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