Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 7:13
All the days of Samuel - Not (as in 1 Samuel 7:15), all the days of his life, but all the days of his “government”, when as Judge he ruled over Israel, before they asked for a king.
All the days of Samuel - Not (as in 1 Samuel 7:15), all the days of his life, but all the days of his “government”, when as Judge he ruled over Israel, before they asked for a king.
Verse 1 Samuel 7:13. _THEY CAME NO MORE INTO THE COAST OF ISRAEL_] Perhaps a more signal victory was never gained by Israel; the Lord had brought them low, almost to extermination; and now, by his mi...
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...
COAST. border, or boundary....
Summary Account of Samuel's Judgeship 13. _So the Philistines were subdued_ Cp. Judges 3:30; Judges 4:23-24. The word signifies "_were brought low_," but does not imply complete subjugation. The forty...
_Israel Delivered Under Samuel._ 1 Samuel 7:9-17 9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered _it for_ a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord...
_SO THE PHILISTINES WERE SUBDUED, AND THEY CAME NO MORE INTO THE COAST OF ISRAEL: AND THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS AGAINST THE PHILISTINES ALL THE DAYS OF SAMUEL._ 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....
ALL THE DAYS OF Samuel] The words naturally mean 'all the time he acted as judge.' This must be understood as the optimistic notice of a later writer. The narrative of 1 Samuel 14 shows that Israel di...
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...
SO THE PHILISTINES WERE SUBDUED. — The work of Samuel had been thorough. It was no mere solitary victory, this success of Israel at Ebenezer, but was the sign of a new spirit in Israel, which animated...
וַ יִּכָּֽנְעוּ֙ הַ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְ לֹא ־יָ
CHAPTER IX. _ NATIONAL DELIVERANCE--THE PHILISTINES SUBDUED._ 1 Samuel 7:10. IT must have been with feelings very different from those of their last encounter, when the ark of God was carried into t...
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...
_Any more, for a long time, (Menochius) during Samuel's administration; for we find them again attacking Saul, chap. xiii. This expression is often used to denote a cessation of some continuance, Isai...
(13) В¶ So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. The ministry of Samuel was so much...
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...
SO THE PHILISTINES WERE SUBDUED,.... Not that their country was conquered, or they made subject and become tributaries to Israel; but they were so humbled, as not to attempt to give the people of Isra...
So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. Ver. 13. _And they came no more,_] _sc.,...
_Came no more_ That is, with a great host, but only molested them with straggling parties, or garrisons. _All the days of Samuel_ That is, while Samuel was their sole judge, or ruler; for in Saul's ti...
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...
So the Philistines were subdued, in consequence of this victory, AND THEY CAME NO MORE INTO THE COAST OF ISRAEL, all attempts made by them with this object in view were promptly frustrated; AND THE HA...
THE PHILISTINES OVERTHROWN...
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...
13-17 In this great revival of true religion, the ark was neither removed to Shiloh, nor placed with the tabernacle any where else. This disregard to the Levitical institutions showed that their typic...
THEY CAME NO MORE INTO THE COAST OF ISRAEL, i.e. they came not with a great host, as now they did, but only molested them with straggling parties, or garrisons; as 1 SAMUEL 10:5; and they came not, to...
1 Samuel 7:13 Philistines H6430 subdued H3665 (H8735) come H935 (H8800) anymore H3254 (H8804) territory H1366 Israel
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...
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” ...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 7:13 DID NOT AGAIN ENTER THE TERRITORY OF ISRAEL. The victory is here described as a decisive turning point, although Philistine armies do reappear later (e.g.,...
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...
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 13:1; 1 Samuel 14:20; 1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 17:49;...
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...
Came no more — That is, with a great host, but only with straggling parties, or garrisons. All the days, &c. — All the days of Samuel that is, while Samuel was their sole judge, or ruler; for in Saul'...
Were the Philistines expelled once and for all, or only temporarily? PROBLEM: This verse says that “the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore into the territory of Israel.” However,...