1And the men of Quryath Narayn came and they brought the Ark of LORD JEHOVAH and they brought it to the house of Abinadab which was in Gebatha, and he hallowed Eliazer his son and he kept the Ark of LORD JEHOVAH 2And it was from the day that the Ark dwelt in Quryath Narayn, and the days were many and were about twenty years, and all of the house Israel departed after LORD JEHOVAH

3And Shemueil said to all Israel: “If you are being turned to LORD JEHOVAH with all your heart, put aside foreign gods from among you, and the secret places, and prepare your heart for the presence of LORD JEHOVAH, and work for him, him alone, and he will save you from the hand of the Philistines!” 4And the children of Israel took away Baala and the secret places and they worked for LORD JEHOVAH alone

5And Shemueil said: “Gather all Israel to Metspaya, and I shall pray for you before LORD JEHOVAH” 6And they gathered to Metspaya and they drew water and they poured out before LORD JEHOVAH, and they fasted on that day and they said: “Because we have sinned against LORD JEHOVAH”; and Shemueil judged the children of Israel in Mezpaya

7And the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered to Metspaya, and the Tyrants of the Philistines came up against Israel, and the children of Israel heard, and they were afraid before the Philistines 8And the children of Israel said to Shemueil: “Do not cease from us to pray for us before LORD JEHOVAH our God, that he would save us from the hand of the Philistines!” 9And Shemueil took one suckling lamb and offered him up as a burnt offering, perfect to LORD JEHOVAH, and Shemueil prayed before LORD JEHOVAH for the children of Israel, and LORD JEHOVAH answered him 10And Shemueil was offering up the burnt offering and the Philistines approached to fight with the sons of Israel, and LORD JEHOVAH thundered with a loud voice on that day against the Philistines, and he troubled them, and they were defeated before Israel 11And the men of Israel went out from Metspaya and pursued the Philistines and attacked them with the sword unto below Bayth Yashan

12And Shemueil took one stone and set it between Metspaya and Bayth Yashan, and he called its name, Keepha D’Eudrana“The Rock of Help”, and he said: “Thus far LORD JEHOVAH has helped us” 13And the Philistines were defeated and the Philistines did not continue again to come to the border of Israel, and the hand of LORD JEHOVAH was against the Philistines all the days of Shemueil 14And they returned the towns that the Philistines had taken from Israel to Israel, from Eqrun and unto Gath and their borders, and LORD JEHOVAH delivered Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and there was peace between Israel and the Amorites

15And Shemueil judged the children of Israel all the days of his life 16And he went on from year to year and was going around to Bayth Eil and Galgala and to Metspaya, and he judged Israel and all these regions 17And he returned to Ramtha because his house was there, and there he judged Israel and he built an altar there to LORD JEHOVAH