1 Samuel 7:15-17

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ Samuel ·continued as judge of [judged] Israel all [^Lthe days of] his life. ¹⁶ Every year he went [^Lon circuit] from Bethel [^Cnorth of Jerusalem, near Ai in the central hill country] to Gilgal [^Cnear Jericho] to Mizpah and judged the Israelites in all these towns. ¹⁷ But he always went back to Ramah [1:1], where his home was. There he judged Israel and built an altar to the Lord.