1 Samuel 7:15–17

7:15 So Samuel led18 Israel all the days of his life. 7:16 Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel,19 Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places. 7:17 Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged20 Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there.

18	tn Heb “judged” (also in v. 17).
19	map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
20	tn Or perhaps “settled disputes for” (cf. NLT “would hear cases there”; NRSV “administered justice there”).