1 Samuel 7:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. ”

1 Samuel 7:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And there he built an altar - Whether this altar was in connection with the tabernacle or not we have no means of deciding, since we are in complete ignorance as to where the tabernacle was at th...
1 Samuel 7:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And his return [was] to Ramah; for there [was] his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an (i) altar unto the LORD. (i) Which was not contrary to the Law: for as yet a certain place...
1 Samuel 7:17 - 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 7:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

there was his house . Compare 1 Samuel 1:19 , &c. altar . Shiloh forsaken, and Ark separated from Tabernacle. There was no chosen "place".
1 Samuel 7:17 - 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 7:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].
1 Samuel 7:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. His return was to Ramah - not at Nabi-Samuel; the site uncertain (...
1 Samuel 7:17 - 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 7:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Raman. — The same Ramah “of the Watchers” where Elkanah and Hannah had dwelt. After the destruction of Shiloh, Samuel seems to have fixed his abode in his father’s city. And there he built an alt...
1 Samuel 7:17 - 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 7:17 - 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 7:17 - 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 7:17 - 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 7:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And his return was to Ramah ,.... When he had gone his circuit, he came back to this city, which was his native place, and where his father and mother had dwelt, see 1 Samuel 1:1 for there was h...
1 Samuel 7:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And his return [was] to Ramah; for there [was] his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. Ver. 17. And his return was to Ramah. ] There was his house. The...
1 Samuel 7:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Built an altar That, by joining sacrifices with his prayers, he might the better obtain direction and assistance from God upon all emergencies. And this was done by prophetical inspiration, as appe...
1 Samuel 7:17 - 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 7:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Defeat of the Philistines. B. C. 1092. 13 So the Philistines were subdued, and the...
1 Samuel 7:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That by joining sacrifices with his prayers he might the better obtain direction and assistance from God upon all emergencies. Object. It was unlawful to build another altar for sacrifice besides t...
1 Samuel 7:17 - 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 7:17 - 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 7:17 - 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 7:17 - 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 7:17 - 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 7:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Philistines Overthrown
1 Samuel 7:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:30-36 ; 1 Samuel 1:1 ; 1 Samuel 1:19 ; 1 Samuel 11:15 ; 1 Samuel 19:18-23 ; 1 Samuel 8:4 ; Genesis 12:7 ; Genesis 12:8 ; Genesis 33:20 ; Genesis 35:7 ; Judges 21:5
1 Samuel 7:17 - 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 7:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Built an altar — That by joining sacrifices with his prayers, he might the better obtain direction and assistance from God upon all emergencies. And this was done by prophetical inspiration, as app...

1 Samuel 7:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 7:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 7:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Samuel 7:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

1 Samuel 7:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 7:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 7:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 7:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 7:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 7:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

1 Samuel 7:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 7:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 7:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 7:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 7:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 7:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 7:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 7:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 7:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Samuel 7:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes