³⁵ And Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first altar that he built to the Lord.^(A)

¹⁷ Then he would come back to Ramah, for his home was there; he administered justice there to Israel and built there an altar to the Lord.^(A)

⁵ holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid them!

¹² Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah^[a] and named it Ebenezer,^[b] for he said, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”^(A)

⁹ So Samuel took a sucking lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord; Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.^(A)

⁴ On the next day, the people got up early and built an altar there and offered burnt offerings and sacrifices of well-being.^(A)