1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 7 The ark is placed in Kirjath-jearim; Eleazar's son is sanctified to keep it, 1 SAMUEL 7:1,2. Samuel exhorts them to repent, and put away their idols; they obey him. A fast at Mizpeh, 1 SAMUEL 7:3. The Philistines intend to set upon the Israelites, who are afraid, 1 SAMUEL 7:7. Sam... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ARK ABODE IN KIRJATH-JEARIM, and was not carried to Shiloh, its former place, either because that place was destroyed by the Philistines when the ark was taken, as may be gathered from this history, compared with JEREMIAH 7:12,14 JEREMIAH 26:6,9; or because God would hereby punish the wickedness... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL; to all the rulers and people too, as he had occasion in his circuit, described below, 1 SAMUEL 7:16, mixing exhortations to repentance with his judicial administrations. IF YE DO RETURN UNTO THE LORD; if you do indeed what you profess, if you are resolved to go on in th... [ Continue Reading ]
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TO MIZPEH; not that beyond Jordan, of which JUDGES 11:11,29; but another in Canaan, where the Israelites used to assemble, JUDGES 20:1 1 SAMUEL 10:17. DREW WATER, and poured it out; which they did either, 1. Figuratively; they drew tears out of their hearts, and poured out of their eyes as it were r... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES WENT UP, to wit, with all army, 1 SAMUEL 7:10, suspecting the effects of their general convention, and intending to nip them in the bud. THEY WERE AFRAID; being a company of unarmed persons, and unfit for battle.... [ Continue Reading ]
We are ashamed and afraid to look God in the face, because of our great wickedness this day remembered and acknowledged; do thou therefore intercede for us, as Moses did for his generation.... [ Continue Reading ]
It might be a _sucking lamb_, though it was more than eight days old, and so that law, EXODUS 23:19, was not violated. OFFERED IT; either himself by Divine instinct, which was a sufficient warrant; or rather by a priest, as Saul is afterwards said to have offered, 1 SAMUEL 13:9. A BURNT-OFFERING WHO... [ Continue Reading ]
Either by the lightnings, or thunderbolts, or other things which accompanied the cracks of thunder; or by the Israelites, who perceiving them to be affrighted and flee away, pursued and smote them, as the next verse mentions.... [ Continue Reading ]
QUEST. Whence had they weapons wherewith to smite them? ANSW. Divers of them probably brought them to the assembly; others borrowed them at Mizpeh, or the neighbouring places; and the rest might be the arms of the Philistines, which they threw away to hasten their flight, as is usual in such cases.... [ Continue Reading ]
A STONE; a rude, unpolished stone, which was not prohibited by that law, LEVITICUS 26:1, there being no danger of worshipping such a stone, and this being set up only as a monument of the victory. EBEN-EZER; by which, compared with 1 SAMUEL 4:1, it appears that this victory was gained in or near the... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY CAME NO MORE INTO THE COAST OF ISRAEL, i.e. they came not with a great host, as now they did, but only molested them with straggling parties, or garrisons; as 1 SAMUEL 10:5; and they came not, to wit, ALL THE DAYS OF SAMUEL, as it follows, i.e. while Samuel was their sole judge, or ruler; for i... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CITIES WERE RESTORED TO ISRAEL by the Philistines, who, it seems, were frightened into this restitution by their dread of Samuel, and of the Divine vengeance. OBJECT. The Philistines had cities and garrisons in Israel's land after this time; as 1 SAMUEL 10:5, 1 SAMUEL 13:3. _Answ_. Either theref... [ Continue Reading ]
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 sometimes, upon great occasions, though not ordinarily, exercise the office of a judge after the beginn... [ Continue Reading ]
BETH-EL; either a place known by that name, or _the house of God_, to wit, Kirjath-jearim, where the ark was. _Gilgal_; in the eastern border. MIZPEH; towards the west. JUDGED ISRAEL IN ALL THOSE PLACES; he went to those several places, partly in compliance with the people, whose convenience and ben... [ Continue Reading ]
That by joining sacrifices with his prayers he might the better obtain direction and assistance from God upon all emergencies. OBJECT. It was unlawful to build another altar for sacrifice besides that before the tabernacle, DEUTERONOMY 12:5,13. ANSW. This was in part excused by the confusion of thos... [ Continue Reading ]