1 Samuel 7:17
ContextNET © | Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged 1 Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there. |
NIV © | But he always went back to Ramah, where his home was, and there he also judged Israel. And he built an altar there to the LORD. |
NASB © | Then his return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and there he judged Israel; and he built there an altar to the LORD. |
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. |
MSG © | But always he would return to Ramah, where he lived, and preside from there. That is where he built an altar to GOD. |
BBE © | And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord. |
NRSV © | Then he would come back to Ramah, for his home was there; he administered justice there to Israel, and built there an altar to the LORD. |
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. |
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NET © | Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged 1 Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or perhaps “settled disputes for” (cf. NLT “would hear cases there”; NRSV “administered justice there”). |