5. Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.”
6. They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
7. When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
8. The children of Israel said to Samuel, “Don’t stop crying to the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.”