Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Samuel 7:8
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.
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.
Verse 1 Samuel 7:8. _CEASE NOT TO CRY UNTO THE LORD_] They had strong confidence in the intercession of Samuel, because they knew he was a holy man of God....
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...
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...
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
Total Rout of the Philistines at Ebenezer 7. _when the Philistines heard_, &c. The lords naturally regarded a national assembly of their vassals as a preliminary step towards revolt, and mustering th...
DISCOURSE: 288 SAMUEL’S SUCCESSFUL INTERCESSION 1 Samuel 7:8. _And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Ph...
_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...
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SAID TO SAMUEL, CEASE NOT TO CRY UNTO THE LORD OUR GOD FOR US, THAT HE WILL SAVE US OUT OF THE HAND OF THE PHILISTINES._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
SAMUEL DELIVERS ISRAEL FROM THE PHILISTINES The narrative in this chapter is taken from a different source from the account which precedes....
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...
CEASE NOT TO CRY UNTO THE LORD OUR GOD FOR US. — The fear on the part of Israel was very natural Unarmed — or, at least, very poorly armed and equipped — the assembled Israelites saw from the heights...
וַ יֹּאמְר֤וּ בְנֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל ־שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל...
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...
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...
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to (e) cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. (e) Signifying that in the prayers of the godly,...
_Philistines. Those who distrust their own strength, and join true repentance with prayer, striving to interest the friends of God in their cause, may confidently hope for victory. (Haydock)_...
(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...
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 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SAID TO SAMUEL,.... To whom they applied, not as the general of their forces, but as the prophet of the Lord; believing his prayers for them would be of more avail to them t...
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. Ver. 8. _Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for...
_Cease not to cry unto the Lord_, &c. We are afraid to look God in the face, because of our great wickedness: do thou therefore intercede for us, as Moses did for his generation. They had reason to ex...
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...
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, the sincerity of their recent conversion showing also in the fact that they now relied entirely upon Jehovah, CEASE NOT TO CRY UNTO THE LORD, OUR GOD, FOR US...
REFORMATION IN ISRAEL...
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...
CEASE NOT TO CRY: _ Heb._ Be not silent from us from crying...
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...
1 Samuel 7:8 children H1121 Israel H3478 said H559 (H8799) Samuel H8050 cease H2790 (H8686) out H2199 ...
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...
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 the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us._ THE CRY FOR MEDIATION I. Mediation sought. The Israelites, unarmed, undefended, are in great dismay. They...
_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...
_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...
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” ...
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...
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 12:19; Isaiah 37:4; Isaiah 62:1; Isaiah 62:6; Isaiah 62:7;...
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...
Cease not, &c. — We are afraid to look God in the face, because of our great wickedness: do thou therefore intercede for us, as Moses did for his generation. They had reason to expect this, because he...