1 Samuel 7:16
New International Version
From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.

New Living Translation
Each year he traveled around, setting up his court first at Bethel, then at Gilgal, and then at Mizpah. He judged the people of Israel at each of these places.

English Standard Version
And he went on a circuit year by year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah. And he judged Israel in all these places.

Berean Standard Bible
Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.

King James Bible
And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

New King James Version
He went from year to year on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places.

New American Standard Bible
And he used to go annually on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places.

NASB 1995
He used to go annually on circuit to Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places.

NASB 1977
And he used to go annually on circuit to Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he used to go annually on circuit to Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places.

Amplified Bible
He used to go annually on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places.

Christian Standard Bible
Every year he would go on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah and would judge Israel at all these locations.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Every year he would go on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah and would judge Israel at all these locations.

American Standard Version
And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he went on from year to year and was going around to Bayth Eil and Galgala and to Metspaya, and he judged Israel and all these regions

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he went year by year, and went round Baethel, and Galgala, and Massephath; and he judged Israel in all these consecrated places.

Contemporary English Version
Every year he would go around to the towns of Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah where he served as judge for the people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the aforesaid places.

English Revised Version
And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Every year he went around to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah in order to judge Israel in all those places.

Good News Translation
Every year he would go around to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and in these places he would settle disputes.

International Standard Version
He went on a circuit each year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all those places.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.

Literal Standard Version
and he has gone from year to year, and gone around Beth-El, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel [in] all these places;

Majority Standard Bible
Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.

New American Bible
He made a yearly circuit, passing through Bethel, Gilgal and Mizpah and judging Israel at each of these places.

NET Bible
Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places.

New Revised Standard Version
He went on a circuit year by year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all these places.

New Heart English Bible
He went from year to year in circuit to Bethel and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

World English Bible
He went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.

Young's Literal Translation
and he hath gone from year to year, and gone round Beth-El, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all these places;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Samuel Subdues the Philistines
15So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 16Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places. 17Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.…

Cross References
Genesis 28:19
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.

Genesis 35:6
So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

Joshua 5:9
Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.

Joshua 5:10
On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.

1 Samuel 7:5
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf."

1 Samuel 11:14
Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there."

Amos 5:5
Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.


Treasury of Scripture

And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

1 Samuel 7:17
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.

in circuit [heb] and he circuited

Judges 5:10
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

Judges 10:4
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

Judges 12:14
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

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1 Samuel 7
1. They of Kiriath Jearim bring the ark to Abinadab, and sanctify Eleazar as guard
2. After twenty years,
3. the Israelites, by Samuel's means, solemnly repent at Mizpeh
7. While Samuel prays and sacrifices,
10. the Lord thwarts the Philistines by thunder at Ebenezer
13. The Philistines are subdued
15. Samuel judges Israel














(16) To Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel.--These centres, it is observable, were all situated in the southern part of the land, in the tribe of Benjamin. This leads us to the conclusion that the power of Samuel, if not exclusively, was chiefly exercised among the southern tribes. The whole subsequent story of the chosen people seems to tell us that the religion of the Eternal at an early date became corrupted m the north of the Promised Land, and that the restoration of faith and purification of life--the result of the great work of Samuel--was so much less marked in the northern than in the southern tribes, that when the strong hand of Solomon was removed, a formal secession from the southern league at once took place. This was followed by a rapid deterioration both in faith and practice in the northern kingdom of Israel.

The places mentioned as the centres where Samuel "judged" were all holy sites, and at different periods of the year, no doubt, were crowded with pilgrims from distant parts of the land.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Every year
שָׁנָה֙ (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

he would go
וְהָלַ֗ךְ (wə·hā·laḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

on a circuit
וְסָבַב֙ (wə·sā·ḇaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

from
מִדֵּ֤י (mid·dê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1767: Sufficiency, enough

Bethel
אֵ֔ל (’êl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1008: Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah

to Gilgal
וְהַגִּלְגָּ֖ל (wə·hag·gil·gāl)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1537: Gilgal -- 'circle (of stones)', the name of several places in Palestine

to Mizpah,
וְהַמִּצְפָּ֑ה (wə·ham·miṣ·pāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4709: Mizpah -- the name of several places in Israel

judging
וְשָׁפַט֙ (wə·šā·p̄aṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

in
אֵ֥ת (’êṯ)
Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

these
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

places.
הַמְּקוֹמ֖וֹת (ham·mə·qō·w·mō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition


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