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16 And the five princes of the Philistines saw, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your
and they returned to Accaron the same day. heart, put away the strange gods from among
17 And these are the golden emerods, which you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your
the Philistines returned for sin to the Lord: For hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he
Azotus one, for Gaza one, for Ascalon one, for will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Geth one, for Accaron one: 4 Then the children of Israel put away Baalim
18 And the golden mice, according to the and Astaroth, and served the Lord only.
number of the cities of the Philistines, of the 5 And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Mas-
five provinces, from the fenced city to the village phath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.
that was without wall, and to the great Abel 6 And they gathered together to Masphath,
(the stone) whereon they set down the ark of and they drew water, and poured it out before
the Lord, which was till that day in the field of the Lord, and they fasted on that day, and they
Josue the Bethsamite. said there: We have sinned against the Lord.
19 But he slew of the men of Bethsames, be- And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mas-
cause they had seen the ark of the Lord, and he phath.
slew of the people seventy men, and fifty thou- 7 And the Philistines heard that the children
sand of the common people. And the people of Israel were gathered together to Masphath,
lamented, because the Lord had smitten the peo- and the lords of the Philistines went up against
ple with a great slaughter. Israel. And when the children of Israel heard
20 And the men of Bethsames said: Who shall this, they were afraid of the Philistines.
be able to stand before the Lord this holy God? 8 And they said to Samuel: Cease not to cry
and to whom shall he go up from us? to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us
21 And they sent messengers to the inhab- out of the hand of the Philistines.
itants of Cariathiarim, saying: The Philistines 9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and of-
have brought back the ark of the Lord, come ye fered it whole for a holocaust to the Lord: and
down and fetch it up to you. Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord
heard him.
10 And it came to pass, when Samuel was of-
Chapter 7 fering the holocaust, the Philistines began the
battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered
And the men of Cariathiarim came, and fetched with a great thunder on that day upon the
up the ark of the Lord, and carried it into the Philistines, and terrified them, and they were
house of Abinadab, in Gabaa: and they sancti- overthrown before the face of Israel.
fied Eleazar, his son, to keep the ark of the Lord. 11 And the men of Israel going out of Mas-
2 And it came to pass, that from the day the phath, pursued after the Philistines, and made
ark of the Lord abode in Cariathiarim, days were slaughter of them till they came under Bethchar.
multiplied (for it was now the twentieth year) 12 And Samuel took a stone, and laid it be-
and all the house of Israel rested, following the tween Masphath and Sen: and he called the
Lord. place The stone of help. And he said: Thus far
3 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, the Lord hath helped us.