1 Samuel 7:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 7:1

(For a definitive comment on 1 Samuel 7:1 see the note under 1 Samuel 6:21.)THE JUDGESHIP OF THE PROPHET SAMUELThis chapter is not written after the manner of modern dissertations. As a result of the peculiarities that are frequently found in Biblical books, some scholars have great difficulty in reading it. So they regale us with learned talk about editors, redactors, interpolators, and some other things concerning which they have no authentic information whatever! This writer finds the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 7:1

1. the men of Kirjath-jearim—"the city of woods," also Kirjath-baal (Joshua 15:60; Joshua 18:14; 1 Chronicles 13:5; 1 Chronicles 13:6). It was the nearest town to Beth-shemesh and stood on a hill. This was the reason of the message (1 Samuel 6:21), and why this was chosen for the convenience of people turning their faces to the ark (1 Kings 8:29-35; Psalms 28:2; Daniel 6:10). brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill—Why it was not transported at once to Shiloh where the tabernacle and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 7:1

C. The Ark Returned to Israel by God 6:1-7:1The writer added further evidence of the Philistines’ reverence for Yahweh and the Israelites’ spiritual blindness in this section. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 7:1-17

Samuel delivers Israel from the PhilistinesThe narrative in this chapter is taken from a different source from the account which precedes.2. Twenty years] The time is reckoned till Israel’s repentance and not to the removal of the ark by David (2 Samuel 6:2). 3, 4. These vv. appear to be anticipatory and in order of time to follow 1 Samuel 7:5, 1 Samuel 7:6. 4. Baalim and Ashtaroth] see on Judges 2:11, Judges 2:13. 5. Mizpeh] in Benjamin.Pray] Samuel was noted as a man of prayer (cp. Psalms... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 7:1

(1) The ark of the Lord.—Kirjath-jearim, the home of the Ark for nearly fifty years, was probably selected as the resting-place of the sacred emblem as being the nearest large city to Beth-shemesh then in the hands of the Israelites. It was neither a priestly nor a Levitical city, but it no doubt had preserved something of its ancient character of sanctity even among the children of Israel. In old days before the Hebrew invasion, it was a notable “high place,” and a seat of worship of Baal.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Samuel 7:1-17

Reconquests 1 Samuel 7:14 We have to dwell upon reconquests, upon the taking back of cities which we ought never to have lost. I do not speak of cities in the ordinary sense of the term, but I speak of the great losses which the Church meaning by the term Church all its sections and communions has forfeited or lost or unworthily abandoned. There will be a great day of restoration; the Church of Christ has much property to reclaim. The Church is very guilty in all this matter; the Church has... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:1-9

CHAPTER VIII.REPENTANCE AND REVIVAL.1 Samuel 7:1-9.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 of the savour of life to life, it had proved a savour of death to death. Instead of a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, it had become a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence. They sent therefore to their neighbours at Kirjath-jearim, and begged them to come down and remove the ark. This they readily... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Samuel 7:1-2

CHAPTERS 6:1-7:2 1. The counsel of the Philistines (1 Samuel 6:1-9 ) 2. The ark at Beth-shemesh (1 Samuel 6:10-20 ) 3. The ark at Kirjath-jearim (1 Samuel 6:21 ; 1 Samuel 7:1-2 ) The ark had remained among the Philistines seven months. For them they were months of suffering and deadly destruction. Now they plot to get rid of the ark and of Him whose hand rested so heavily in judgment upon them. The advice of the heathen priests and diviners is that the ark should be sent away with... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 7:1

7:1 And the men of {a} Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.(a) A city in the tribe of Judah, called also Kirjathbaal, in Joshua 15:60. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 7:1-17

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 house the ark was taken, was a Levite, though it would seem he must have been, since he sanctified his son to keep the ark. Whatever the case, however, it appears evident that there was a proper respect given the ark, for it remained there for twenty years with no mark of God's displeasure. Not... read more

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