“Do not be deaf to us by not crying out to Yahweh our God so that he may deliver us from the hand of the Philistines.” 9 So Samuel got a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a burnt offering to Yahweh. Samuel cried out to Yahweh on behalf of Israel, and Yahweh answered him. 10 As Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines were drawing near for battle against Israel, but Yahweh thundered with a loud voice that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were defeated