Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
1 Samuel 7:9
A burnt offering wholly] RV 'a whole burnt offering.' The offering of the whole animal symbolised the self-dedication of the worshipper.
A burnt offering wholly] RV 'a whole burnt offering.' The offering of the whole animal symbolised the self-dedication of the worshipper.
Verse 1 Samuel 7:9. _SAMUEL TOOK A SUCKING LAMB_] This sucking lamb must have been _eight days under its mother_ before it could be offered, as the law says, Leviticus 22:27. Though Samuel was not a...
Samuel’s preparation for intercessory prayer, namely, the offering up an atoning sacrifice, is most significant (compare Luke 1:9). The term here used for a “lamb” does not occur in the Pentateuch; in...
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...
SAMUEL TOOK. Samuel was. Levite, and according to 1 Chronicles 23:27 could do this; though according to Numbers 18:3 he could not have acted in the holy place. OFFERED. offered up. See App-43....
_a sucking lamb_ Which might not be less than seven days old, according to Leviticus 22:17. _for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord_ The whole animal was burnt upon the altar to denote the entire...
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 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...
_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 HEARD HIM._ Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered...
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...
וַ יִּקַּ֣ח שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל טְלֵ֤ה חָלָב֙ אֶחָ֔ד _וַ_†
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...
Suckling lamb. Any might be used, when eight days old, except for the paschal lamb, which must be older; a yearling, Exodus xxiii. 9., and Leviticus xxii. 27. --- Offered it, either by the hands of th...
(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 SAMUEL TOOK A SUCKING LAMB,.... Which it might be, and yet more than eight days old, for under that it might not be sacrificed, Exodus 22:30 AND OFFERED IT FOR A BURNT OFFERING WHOLLY UNTO THE LO...
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 heard him. Ver. 9. _And Samuel took a sucking lamb....
_Samuel took a sucking lamb_ For after a lamb was eight days old, it was fit to be sacrificed to God, Exodus 22:30; Leviticus 17:27. _And offered it for a burnt-offering_ For though he was not a pries...
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...
THE PHILISTINES OVERTHROWN...
And Samuel took a sucking lamb, one having been about seven days with its mother, Leviticus 22:27, AND OFFERED IT FOR A BURNT OFFERING WHOLLY UNTO THE LORD, without having divided it according to the...
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...
HEARD: Or, answered...
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...
It might be a _sucking lamb_, though it was more than eight days old, and so that law, EXODUS 23:19, was not violated. OFFERED IT; either himself by Divine instinct, which was a sufficient warrant; or...
1 Samuel 7:9 Samuel H8050 took H3947 (H8799) a H259 suckling H2461 lamb H2924 offered H5927 (H8686) whole...
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...
_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” ...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 7:9 NURSING LAMB. An animal could be sacrificed once it was eight days old (Leviticus 22:27). A basic purpose of the w
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 Kings 18:30; 1 Samuel 10:8; 1 Samuel 16:2; 1 Samuel 6:14; 1 Samu
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...
Cried — And he cried unto the Lord. He made intercession with the sacrifice. So Christ intercedes in virtue of his satisfaction. And in all our prayers we must have an eye to his great oblation, depen...