CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 7:1. “THE HOUSE OF ABINADAB,” etc. “Why the ark was not
carried back to Shiloh is uncertain. The reason _may_ be that the
Philistines had conquered Shiloh, and now held it, as _Ewald_
supposes; or it may be that, without a special revelation of the
Divine wil... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 7:3. “IF YE DO RETURN,” etc. “These words prove that a
profession of repentance on the part of Israel had preceded them.…
The profession, therefore, must be looked for in the preceding words,
All the house of Israel lamented,” etc.—_(Biblical Commentary)_.
1... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 7:6. “DREW WATER, AND POURED IT OUT BEFORE THE LORD,”
etc. “It is remarkable that two rites are brought together here
which belong respectively to the Feast of Tabernacles and the Day of
Atonement. The first is not, indeed, prescribed by the law, but it was
th... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 7:7. “WHEN THE PHILISTINES HEARD,” etc. “Apprehending
that such a gathering under one so well known as Samuel boded no good
to their dominions, and might be intended to organise the assertion of
the nation’s own independence.”—_(Kitto.)_
1 Samuel 7:9. “Samue... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 7:13. “THEY CAME NO MORE.” “They no more invaded the
territory of Israel with lasting success as they had done before.”
The words which immediately follow—“THE HAND OF JEHOVAH WAS
AGAINST THE PHILISTINES,” etc., show that they made attempts to
recover their l... [ Continue Reading ]
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 that religious act inwardly again purified. It consisted both in
the administration of right and ju... [ Continue Reading ]