Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Samuel 7:15
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life, rendering decisions in difficult matters and proposing measures for the benefit of the people even when Saul had been made king.
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life, rendering decisions in difficult matters and proposing measures for the benefit of the people even when Saul had been made king.
Verse 1 Samuel 7:15. _SAMUEL JUDGED ISRAEL ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE._] Samuel is supposed to have lived _one hundred_ years; he did not begin to judge Israel till he was about _forty_ years of age; a...
SAMUEL JUDGED ISRAEL ... - The repetition of the phrase in 1 Samuel 7:16, in connection with Samuel’s circuit, is a proof that it is his civil judgeship which is meant. The military leadership of cour...
8. SAMUEL EXERCISING HIS OFFICE AND HIS FAILURE Chapter S 7:15-8:3 _ 1. Samuel the Prophet-Judge (1 Samuel 7:15)_ 2. His failure (1 Samuel 8:1) Samuel's activity as the great prophet-judge is now s...
SAMUEL AS JUDGE. Philistines subdued by Divine intervention; probably an ideal picture, by the Deuteronomic writer, of the happy results of Israel's repentance and Samuel's piety peace, victory, and o...
Summary Account of Samuel's Judgeship 13. _So the Philistines were subdued_ Cp. Judges 3:30; Judges 4:23-24. The word signifies "_were brought low_," but does not imply complete subjugation. The forty...
_Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life_ This, like the statement of 1 Samuel 7:13, must be understood with qualifications: for (_a_) Samuel in his old age made his sons judges (1 Samuel 8:1):...
DISCOURSE: 291 SAMUEL’S JUDICIAL CHARACTER 1 Samuel 7:15. _And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Is...
_1 SAMUEL 7:15_, &C. _AND SAMUEL JUDGED ISRAEL_— "According to Le Clerc," says Mr. Locke, "these words could not have been written by Samuel. But surely the objection is very weak; for all that the te...
_Israel Delivered Under Samuel._ 1 Samuel 7:9-17 9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered _it for_ a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord...
_AND SAMUEL JUDGED ISRAEL ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE._ Samuel judged Israel ......
SAMUEL DELIVERS ISRAEL FROM THE PHILISTINES The narrative in this chapter is taken from a different source from the account which precedes....
ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE] The attitude of Samuel towards Saul in the matters of (_a_) his sacrifice and (_b_) Amalek show that he retained some authority even after Saul was elected king....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 7 V1 So men came from Kiriath Jearim to fetch the *ark of the Lord. They took it to the house that belonged to Abinadab. His house was on a hil...
AND SAMUEL JUDGED ISRAEL ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE. — The influence and supreme power of Samuel only ended with his life. For a very long period — probably for at least twenty years after the decisive...
וַ יִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶת ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כֹּ֖ל...
CHAPTER IX. _ NATIONAL DELIVERANCE--THE PHILISTINES SUBDUED._ 1 Samuel 7:10. IT must have been with feelings very different from those of their last encounter, when the ark of God was carried into t...
LEADING THE NATION IN GOD'S WAYS 1 Samuel 7:5 We are here taught the successive steps that must be taken if revival is to be granted to either Church or individual. _ 1. Unity_. All Israel was gath...
The Ark found its resting place temporarily at Gibeah, in the house of Abinadab. A dark period of twenty years is passed over without detailed record. It would seem that during all that time Israel wa...
Life; as sole judge for twenty years, (Gordon; Du Hamel) and conjointly with Saul till he died, almost 100 years old, a year or two before the unfortunate king. Saul put him on a level with himself; ...
(15) And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. (16) And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. (17) And his return was...
The first Book of Samuel (or of Kings as with some) brings before us that great change for which the Book of Ruth was a preparation, and in order to which the Spirit of God closed it with the generati...
Samuel begins to act, by his testimony, upon the conscience of the people, and to put away that which weakened them by dishonouring God. He tells them that, if they will turn to Jehovah with all their...
AND SAMUEL JUDGED ISRAEL ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE. Not only before Saul was made king, but afterwards; for though he had not the exercise of the supreme government of the nation, yet he might act as a...
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. Ver. 15. _And Samuel judged Israel._] Being a mixed person, a prophet and a judge, as among the heathen, Anius was “ _Rex idem hominum Phoebique sa...
_Samuel judged Israel_, &c. For though Saul was king in Samuel's last days, yet Samuel did not cease to be a judge, being so made by God's extraordinary call, which Saul could not destroy; and therefo...
1 They of Kiriath-iearim bring the Arke into the house of Abinadab, and sanctifie Eleazar his sonne to keepe it. 2 After twentie yeeres 3 The Israelites, by Samuels meanes, solemnly repent at Mizpeh...
Men from Kirjath-jearim respond to the call to bring the ark there. It is not said how it was transported, nor whether it was Levites who attended it. We are not even told whether Abinadab, to whose h...
13-17 In this great revival of true religion, the ark was neither removed to Shiloh, nor placed with the tabernacle any where else. This disregard to the Levitical institutions showed that their typic...
For though Saul was king in Samuel's last days, yet Samuel did not then quite cease to be a judge, being so made by God's extraordinary call, which Saul could not destroy; and therefore Samuel did som...
1 Samuel 7:15 Samuel H8050 judged H8199 (H8799) Israel H3478 days H3117 life H2416 judged - 1 Samuel 7:6
SAMUEL JUDGES ISRAEL FAITHFULLY AND SUCCESSFULLY (1 SAMUEL 7:15). Samuel's judgeship after the deliverance of Israel from the Philistines is passed over very briefly, for the book is not a history of...
CONTENTS: Ark brought to house of Abinadab. Revival of Mizpah. Victory at Eben-ezer. CHARACTERS: God, Samuel, Eleazar, Abinadab. CONCLUSION: When we are truly sensible that by sin we have provoked G...
1 Samuel 7:1. _Sanctified Eleazar,_ a levite, to keep the ark. Holy persons were consecrated by imposition of hands and by sacrifices, as was Samuel, a levite also. Abinadab seems to have been aged or...
_And Samuel judged Israel all the darts of his life._ THE PROPHET JUDGE In the hopeful emergency of Israel’s lamenting after Jehovah, “Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel;” and the clear, brigh...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 7:2__ Samuel has not appeared since 1 Samuel 4:1, but when he calls the people to repent of their idolatry, they respond. He is clearly the leader of “all... Israel” ...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 7:15 SAMUEL JUDGED ISRAEL ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE. This is a summary of Samuel’s activities as judge. From his hometown of RAMAH, he visited the cities of Bethel
1 Samuel 7:15. “AND SAMUEL JUDGED ISRAEL.” “We must regard Samuel’s judging as a directing and ordering, in accordance with the above act of repentance, of the inner affairs of the people, who were by...
EXPOSITION 1 SAMUEL 7:1 At Kirjath-jearim the people reverently undertook the charge of the ark, and carried out their arrangements so carefully that no further calamity occurred. On its arrival they...
And so the men of Kirjathjearim came, and they took the ark of the Lord; and they brought it to the house of Abinadab on the hill, and sanctified Eleazar the son to keep the ark of the Lord. And it ca...
1 Samuel 12:1; 1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Samuel 7:6; Acts 13:20; Acts 13:21;...
THE ARK WITH ABINADAB 1 Samuel 7:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We cover a period of twenty years, in which the Ark was in the care of the House of Abinadab, under the charge of his son, Eleazar. We wish to...
Samuel judged — For though Saul was king in Samuel's last days, yet Samuel did not cease to be a judge, being so made by God's extraordinary call, which Saul could not destroy; and therefore Samuel di...
Did Samuel judge Israel all his days, or only until Saul was anointed king? PROBLEM: In this verse, we are informed that “Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.” However, Samuel lived after Sa...