1 Samuel 7:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar. ”

1 Samuel 7:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Beth-car - This place is nowhere else mentioned. It seems to have stood on a hill overhanging the road from the Philistine territory to Mizpeh, and close to Ebenezer, 1 Samuel 4:1 .
1 Samuel 7:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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, an...
1 Samuel 7:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar. Under Beth-car - We know not where this place was; the Septuagint have Beth-cho...
1 Samuel 7:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Under Beth-car— Beth-shan, says Houbigant, after the Syriac and Arabic.
1 Samuel 7:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited...
1 Samuel 7:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Samuel delivers Israel from the Philistines The narrative in this chapter is taken from a different source from the account which precedes.
1 Samuel 7:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Until they came under Beth-car. — “House of the Lamb,” or, as some would render it, House of the Field. Of this place we know nothing; it was, no doubt, a Philistine fortress, where the scattered...
1 Samuel 7:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER IX. NATIONAL DELIVERANCE--THE PHILISTINES SUBDUED. 1 Samuel 7:10-17 . IT must have been with feelings very different from those of their last encounter, when the ark of God was carried...
1 Samuel 7:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 7:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 w...
1 Samuel 7:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(10) And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfite...
1 Samuel 7:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh ,.... To which they were encouraged by hearing or perceiving that the army of the Philistines was discomfited by the thunder, and lightning, and earthquake:...
1 Samuel 7:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until [they came] under Bethcar. Ver. 11. Until they came under Bethcar. ] The name of that rock, saith Juniu...
1 Samuel 7:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The men of Israel pursued the Philistines , &c. This victory was the more wonderful, since it does not appear that the Israelites came provided with any weapons to Mizpeh, but probably smote the...
1 Samuel 7:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 7:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Israelites Attacked by the Philistines; Samuel's Intercession for Israel. B. C. 1099. ...
1 Samuel 7:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Quest. Whence had they weapons wherewith to smite them? Answ. Divers of them probably brought them to the assembly; others borrowed them at Mizpeh, or the neighbouring places; and the rest might...
1 Samuel 7:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ark Having Been Restored, Israel Defeat the Philistines Through The Prayers of Samuel, YHWH's Representative ( 1 Samuel 7:5-14 ). Analysis. a And Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah,...
1 Samuel 7:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 migh...
1 Samuel 7:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Samuel 7:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 o...
1 Samuel 7:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 ar...
1 Samuel 7:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Philistines Overthrown
1 Samuel 7:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 7:11
1 Samuel 7:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...

1 Samuel 7:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 7:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 7:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 7:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 7:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 7:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 7:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 7:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 7:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 7:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 7:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 7:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 7:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 7:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 7:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 7:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary