1 Samuel 7:6

“And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.”

"And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh." - 1 Samuel 7:6
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What does 1 Samuel 7:6 mean?

The verse 1 Samuel 7:6 from the King James Version of the Bible reads, "And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in…

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Pouring Out Our Hearts: A Call to Repentance

In 1 Samuel 7:6, we encounter a pivotal moment in the history of the children of Israel: "And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the…

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A Prayer of Repentance and Renewal before the Lord

O Sovereign Lord, God of all creation, as we come before You today, we bow our hearts and our spirits in reverence and humility. Just as Your people gathered at Mizpeh in that solemn moment, we too draw near to You, yearning for Your presence to fill us and to guide us. Lord, we…

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1 Samuel 7:5 - "And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD."
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1 Samuel 7:9 - "¶ And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him."
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1 Samuel 3:7 - "Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him."
1 Chronicles 6:28 - "And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah."
2 Samuel 6:7 - "And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God."
1 Samuel 12:6 - "¶ And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt."
1 Samuel 7:13 - "¶ So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel."
1 Samuel 7:8 - "And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines."
1 Samuel 7:12 - "Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us."
1 Samuel 6:16 - "And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day."
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1 Samuel 29:7 - "Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines."
1 Samuel 27:7 - "And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months."
1 Samuel 3:6 - "And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again."