1 Samuel 7:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he went from year to year in circuitd to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. ”

1 Samuel 7:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gilgal - It is uncertain whether Gilgal in the valley of the Jordan, or the modern Jiljulieh, the Gilgal of 2 Kings 2:1 ; 2 Kings 4:38 , be meant; but far more probably the former (see 1 Samue...
1 Samuel 7:16 - 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 7:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 291 SAMUEL’S JUDICIAL CHARACTER 1 Samuel 7:15-17 . And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and j...
1 Samuel 7:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. He went from year to year in circuit - When he was at Beth-el, the tribe of Ephraim,...
1 Samuel 7:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. In all those places, [Septuagint, en pasi tois eegiasmenois toutois, in all...
1 Samuel 7:16 - 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 7:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel. — These centres, it is observable, were all situated in the southern part of the land, in the tribe of Benjamin. This leads us to the conclusi...
1 Samuel 7:16 - 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 7:16 - 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 7:16 - 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 7:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
1 Samuel 7:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he went from year to year in circuit ,.... As judges do; or "from the year in the year" r from the time of the year in the year, as the Targum, from the middle of it, that is, every half year; a...
1 Samuel 7:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. Ver. 16. And he went from year to year in circuit. ] For the people's ease and co...
1 Samuel 7:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judged Israel in all those places He went to those several places, in compliance with the people's desire, whose convenience he was willing to purchase with his own trouble, as an itinerant judge a...
1 Samuel 7:16 - 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 7:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Defeat of the Philistines. B. C. 1092. 13 So the Philistines were subdued, and the...
1 Samuel 7:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Beth-el; either a place known by that name, or the house of God , to wit, Kirjath-jearim, where the ark was. Gilgal ; in the eastern border. Mizpeh; towards the west. Judged Israel in all thos...
1 Samuel 7:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Samuel Judges Israel Faithfully And Successfully ( 1 Samuel 7:15-17 ). Samuel's judgeship after the deliverance of Israel from the Philistines is passed over very briefly, for the book is not a hi...
1 Samuel 7:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 7:15 . “And Samuel Judged Israel.” “We must regard Samuel’s judging as a directing and ordering, in accordance with the above act of repentance, of the inner affairs of the people, who we...
1 Samuel 7:16 - 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 7:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Samuel judged Israel all the darts of his life. The prophet judge In the hopeful emergency of Israel’s lamenting after Jehovah, “Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel;” and the clear, b...
1 Samuel 7:16 - 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 7:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Philistines Overthrown
1 Samuel 7:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 10:4 ; Judges 12:14 ; Judges 5:10 ; Psalms 75:2 ; Psalms 82:3 ; Psalms 82:4
1 Samuel 7:16 - 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 7:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In all places — He went to those several places, in compliance with the people, whose convenience he was willing to purchase with his own trouble, as an itinerant judge and preacher; and by his pre...

1 Samuel 7:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Samuel 7:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 7:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 7:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 7:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 7:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 7:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 7:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 7:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 7:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 7:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 7:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 7:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 7:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 7:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 7:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Samuel 7:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes