1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 Samuel 7:15 Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. This is a summary of Samuel’s activities as judge. From his hometown of Ramah, he visited the cities of Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, which are all in or around the territory of Benjamin. In the book of Judges 1:1 and here in 1 Samuel 1:1, a “judge” can be someone who simply leads or governs, but apparently Samuel also “judged” in the sense of deciding legal cases.

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