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Verse 1 Samuel 7:7. _THE PHILISTINES WENT UP AGAINST ISRAEL_] They
went to give them battle before that, by continual accessions of
numbers, they should become too powerful....
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This implies a united invasion by the whole Philistine force. Hence,
the terror of the Israelites. (Compare Judges 15:11.)...
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7. THE RETURN UNTO JEHOVAH AND THE DELIVERANCE
CHAPTER 7:3-14
_ 1. Samuel's message and the response of the people (1 Samuel 7:3)_
2. Gathered at Mizpah (1 Samuel 7:5)
3. The deliverance (1 Samuel...
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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...
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LORDS. See note on Joshua 13:3....
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_Israel Purged at Mizpeh._ 1 Samuel 7:3-8
3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do
return unto the Lord with all your hearts, _then_ put away the strange
gods and Ashtaroth f...
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_AND WHEN THE PHILISTINES HEARD THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE
GATHERED TOGETHER TO MIZPEH, THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES WENT UP
AGAINST ISRAEL. AND WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HEARD IT, THEY WERE
A...
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SAMUEL DELIVERS ISRAEL FROM THE PHILISTINES
The narrative in this chapter is taken from a different source from
the account which precedes....
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WENT UP AGAINST ISRAEL] for the object of the assembly at Mizpeh was
to throw off the Philistine yoke....
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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...
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THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES WENT UP AGAINST ISRAEL. — This was what
might naturally have been expected. The sudden destruction of the
Phœnician idol shrines throughout the country, followed immediate...
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וַ יִּשְׁמְע֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים כִּֽי
־הִתְקַבְּצ֤וּ בְנֵֽי...
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CHAPTER VIII.
_ REPENTANCE AND REVIVAL._
1 Samuel 7:1.
WITH the men of Bethshemesh the presence of the ark had become the
same terror as it had been successively at Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron.
Instead...
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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...
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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...
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(7) В¶ And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel
were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up
against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they...
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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...
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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...
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AND WHEN THE PHILISTINES HEARD THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE
GATHERED TOGETHER TO MIZPEH,.... Not knowing it was upon a religious
account; but supposing they met to form schemes and measures to cas...
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_And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were
gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up
against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard [it], they were...
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_The lords of the Philistines went up_ With an army, suspecting the
effects of their general convention, and intending to nip them in the
bud. _They were afraid_ Being a company of unarmed persons, an...
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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...
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And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were
gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up
against Israel, they mobilized an army to attack the children of
Israe...
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REFORMATION IN ISRAEL...
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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...
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7-12 The Philistines invaded Israel. When sinners begin to repent and
reform, they must expect that Satan will muster all his force against
them, and set his instruments at work to the utmost, to opp...
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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...
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1 Samuel 7:7 Philistines H6430 heard H8085 (H8799) children H1121
Israel H3478 together H6908 (H8694) Mizpah H4708 lor
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THE ARK HAVING BEEN RESTORED, ISRAEL DEFEAT THE PHILISTINES THROUGH
THE PRAYERS OF SAMUEL, YHWH'S REPRESENTATIVE (1 SAMUEL 7:5).
Analysis.
a And Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I wil...
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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...
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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...
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_The Philistines went up against Israel._
THE HOLY WAR
The revival of religion has ever had a most important bearing as
social and political improvement. The return of man to God restores
him to his...
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_And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do
return unto the Lord with all your hearts._
SAMUEL THE JUDGE
For more than twenty years the Philistines had held undisputed sway
over...
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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” ...
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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 in...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Samuel 17:11; 2 Chronicles 20:3; Exodus 14:10...
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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...
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Went up — With an army, suspecting the effects of their general
convention, and intending to nip them in the bud. Afraid — Being a
company of unarmed persons, and unfit for battle. When sinners begin...