1 Kings 7:17
And he returned to Ramatha, for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Revertebaturque in Ramatha : ibi enim erat domus ejus, et ibi judicabat Israëlem : ædificavit etiam ibi altare Domino.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἡ δὲ ἀποστροφὴ αὐτοῦ εἰς Ἁρμαθάιμ, ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἦν ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐδίκαζεν ἐκεῖ τὸν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον τῷ κυρίῳ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וּתְשֻׁבָת֤וֹ הָרָמָ֨תָה֙ כִּֽי שָׁ֣ם בֵּית֔וֹ וְשָׁ֖ם שָׁפָ֣ט אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּֽבֶן שָׁ֥ם מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Ramatha; his native place. His high office would not allow him to remain always near the tabernacle, chap. i. 11., and 28. (Calmet)
Lord, by his direction, (Menochius) both to satisfy his own devotion, and that he might consult the Lord when the people wanted advice. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.