John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:4
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth ,.... Both their male and female deities, of which see Judges 2:13 . and served the Lord Only ; Dr. Lightfoot F9 Works, vol. 1. p. 54. observes, that a spirit of repentance and conversion came generally upon all the people; a matter and a time as remarkable as almost any we read of in Scripture, one only parallel to it; and that is in Acts, chapters two and three, at the great conversion there. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:3-6
We may well wonder where Samuel was and what he was doing all this while, for we have not had him so much as named till now, since 1 Sam. 4:1; not as if he were unconcerned, but his labours among his people are not mentioned till there appears the fruit of them. When he perceived that they began to lament after the Lord he struck while the iron was hot, and two things he endeavoured to do for them, as a faithful servant of God and a faithful friend to the Israel of God:? I. He endeavoured to... read more