1 Samuel 7:6 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:6

And they gathered together to Mizpeh ,.... Even all Israel, at least the heads of the people, and representatives of them: and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord ; drew it from some fountain near at hand, and poured it out as in the presence of God, who was where his people were met together. Jerom F11 Trad. Heb. in lib. Reg. fol. 75. F. relates it as tradition of the Jews, that curses were cast into this water, as in the water of jealousy, and that idolaters were tried... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 7:6

Drew water , and poured it out - It is not easy to know what is meant by this; it is true that pouring out water, in the way of libation, was a religious ordinance among the Hebrews, ( Isaiah 12:3 ;), and among most other nations, particularly the Greeks and Romans, who used, not only water, but wine, milk, honey, and blood, as we find by Homer, Virgil, Euripides, Sophocles, Porphyry, and Lucian. Our Lord seems to allude to this ceremony, John 7:37-38 ; (note), where see the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:1-12

Steps of return to God. The whole interest of this passage is moral. No stress is laid on the forms, or even the authorised appurtenances, of religion. The ark, of which we have heard so much, and which had been treated with a singular mixture of superstition and profanity, plays no part in the history. It is left for years in a quiet retreat. Israel had backslidden from the Lord. The steps of their return have a meaning and a moral lesson for all generations. I. THE FEELING OF A... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:3-12

Ebenezer. The facts are— 1 . Samuel calls on the people to prove their desire to return to God by putting away idols and preparing their hearts for a blessing. 2 . A response to the call is followed by a summons to Mizpah for prayer and humiliation. 3 . A rumoured approach of the Philistines excites fear, and an urgent request for Samuel's intercession with God. 4 . While Samuel is engaged in worship God discomfits the assailing Philistines by thunder. 5 . The victory... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:6

They … drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah. While the drawing of water was a joyful act ( Isaiah 12:3 ; John 7:37 , John 7:38 ), as symbolising the winning from the depths below of the source of life and health, the pouring it out before Jehovah expressed sorrow for sin, and so it is explained by the Chaldee Paraphrast: "They poured out their heart in penitence like water before the Lord" (comp. Psalms 22:14 ). It might here also signify weakness and powerlessness, the being... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 7:6

Two rites are brought together here which belong especially to the Feast of Tabernacles and the Day of Atonement, respectively, namely, drawing and pouring out water, and fasting. Hence, some think that Samuel chose the Feast of tabernacles, and the fast which preceded it, as the occasion for assembling the people. Others explain the pouring out water as the pouring out the heart in penitence as it were water; or, as a symbolic act expressing their ruin and helplessness 2 Samuel 14:14; or as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 7:6

1 Samuel 7:6. They drew water and poured it out As an external sign, whereby they testified both their own filthiness and need of washing by the grace and Spirit of God, and the blood of the covenant, and their sincere desire to pour out their hearts before the Lord, in true repentance, and to cleanse themselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit. Before the Lord That is, in the public assembly, where God is in a special manner present. Samuel judged That is, governed them,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:2-17

Samuel’s leadership (7:2-17)During the years of Philistine oppression, Samuel’s position as chief ruler in Israel became firmly established. As a religious leader he commanded the people to turn from idols and worship the Lord only, and the people responded (2-6a). As a civil leader he settled disputes among them (6b). In response to the people’s repentance and Samuel’s prayers for them, God gave Israel a great victory over the Philistines (7-11). The Israelites continued to fight against the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 7:6

sinned. Hebrew. chata'. App-44 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:3-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 7:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:3-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 7:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 7:6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:2-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 7:6

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