And he returned to Ramatha: for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.

his return

1 Samuel 1:1,19 There was a man of Ramathaimsophim, of Mount Ephraim, and his name was Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliu, the son of Thohu, the son of Suph, an Ephraimite: . . .

1 Samuel 8:4 Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled came to Samuel to Ramatha.

1 Samuel 19:18-23 But David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel in Ramatha, and told him all that Saul had done to him: and he and Samuel went and dwelt in Najoth. . . .

he built

1 Samuel 11:15 And all the people went to Galgal, and there they made Saul king, before the Lord in Galgal, and they sacrificed there victims of peace before the Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.

Genesis 12:7,8 And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. . . .

Genesis 33:20 And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.

Genesis 35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.

Judges 21:5 Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the army of the Lord? for they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting should be slain.

1 Kings 18:30-36 Elias said to all the people: Come ye unto me. And the people coming near unto him, he repaired the altar of the Lord, that was broken down: . . .