⁷ When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard of it, they were afraid^(A) because of the Philistines. ⁸ They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying^(B) out to the Lord our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.” ⁹ Then Samuel^(C) took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. He cried out to the Lord on Israel’s behalf, and the Lord answered him.^(D)