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The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Samuel 7:17

"... there he built an altar unto the Lord." 1 Samuel 7:17 . What has Samuel been doing all the time but this very work? How delightful to think of a whole life being consecrated to altar-building and altar-service! Where did Samuel build this altar? He built it at "Ramah." But what made Ramah more conspicuous than other places? " there was his house" is the answer. Where his house was his altar was. Blessed is that house that gathers itself around the altar, making the altar the centre and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:15-17

(15) And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. (16) And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. (17) And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. This account of Samuel's administration is but short, but it is highly honorable. His annual circuit for the looking into things himself, shows his great vigilance; and the altar he built unto... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:17

REFLECTIONS REMARK, my soul, in the perusal of this Chapter, the first renewings of grace in the blessed fruits and effects of it; all hearts, like those of Israel, then will go forth in Lamentations after the Lord. There will be no real enquiries, no heart-searching sorrow, though ordinances may be restrained, and even the ark of the divine presence be away, even to twenty years continuance, as in Israel, until the Lord pours out the renewings of his Spirit. But when this precious gift is... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:17

Ramatha; his native place. His high office would not allow him to remain always near the tabernacle, chap. i. 11., and 28. (Calmet) --- Lord, by his direction, (Menochius) both to satisfy his own devotion, and that he might consult the Lord when the people wanted advice. (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 7:13-17

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 typical meaning formed their chief use; and when that was overlooked, they became a lifeless service, not to be compared with repentance, faith, and the love of God and man. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Samuel 7:9-17

The Philistines Overthrown v. 9. 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 usual form of burnt offerings. And Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him, gave him an answer in the defeat of their enemies, as now related. v. 10. And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, while this act of worship was still... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Samuel 7:2-17

SECOND SECTIONThe Reformation of Israel by Samuel1 Samuel 7:2-17I. Israel’s Repentance and Conversion by Means of Samuel’s Prophetical Labors. 1 Samuel 7:2-62And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years. [And it came to pass, after the day when the ark rested in K., a long time, even twenty years, elapsed], and all the house of Israel 3lamented after the Lord [Jehovah]; And1 Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:5-17

Leading the Nation in God’s Ways 1 Samuel 7:5-17 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 gathered. The divisions and jealousies of preceding years were renounced. 2. Confession . The people poured out their hearts before the Lord. 3. The abandonment of false gods . “They put away the Baalim and Ashtaroth and served the Lord only.” 4. Intercessory prayer . The one condition of revival... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 7:1-17

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 was under Philistine rule, without any definite center of worship; for while the Ark was resting in the house of an individual, the Tabernacle was in all probability dismantled. During this period Samuel was advancing from youth to manhood and approaching the hour of his leadership. This period was... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:1-17

The Ark with Abinadab 1 Samuel 7:1-17 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 emphasize just one thing: The sanctifying of Eleazar to keep the Ark. 1. The fuller meaning of the word "sanctified." The Philistines had suffered at the hands of the Ark, because they were defiled with iniquity. For this cause the Ark meant disaster, and not blessing. The same Lord who is... read more