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 ]