1 Samuel 7:3–17

1 Samuel 7:3–174 matched frames

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 3 Samuel calls Israel to return to the LORD and put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth
- B 3 Instructions to serve him only
- B' 4 Israel served the LORD only
A' 4 Israel put away Baalim and Ashtaroth
A 5-6 Samuel gathers Israel at Mizpeh; Samuel judged the children of Israel
- B 7 Philistines threaten; Israel fears
  - C 8 Israel requests Samuel to cry unto the LORD our God for us
    - D 9 Samuel offers a burnt offering; the LORD heard him
    - D' 10 During the offering, the LORD thundered with a great thunder
  - C' 11-12 Israel pursues Philistines; Samuel commemorates with stone: Hitherto hath the LORD helped us
- B' 13-14 Philistines subdued; they came no more into the coast of Israel
A' 15-17 Samuel judged Israel throughout his life at multiple locations including Mizpeh