1 Samuel 7:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. ”

1 Samuel 7:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And all the house of Israel lamented ... - The occupation of the country about Shiloh by the Philistines 1 Samuel 7:3 was partly the reason for the ark being kept so long at Kirjath-jearim. But...
1 Samuel 7:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented (b) after the LORD. (b) Lamented for their sins, and...
1 Samuel 7:2 - 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 7:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

time was long . Ark remained with Philistines seven months ( 1 Samuel 6:1 ); sent from Ekron to Kirjathjearim in 1040, and remained there twenty years ( 1 Samuel 7 ). From the capture (in 1040BC) to...
1 Samuel 7:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. It was twenty years - This chapter con...
1 Samuel 7:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That the time was long—twenty years— Houbigant renders this verse much more intelligibly: but after many days had passed from the time that the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, and when the twentieth...
1 Samuel 7:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-je'arim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. The ark abode ... twenty yea...
1 Samuel 7:2 - 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 7:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years. — Literally, And it came to pass, from the day that the Ark rested at Kirjath-jearim, t...
1 Samuel 7:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VIII. REPENTANCE AND REVIVAL. 1 Samuel 7:1-9 . WITH the men of Bethshemesh the presence of the ark had become the same terror as it had been successively at Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron. In...
1 Samuel 7:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Rashness Punished; Reverence Blessed 1 Samuel 6:13-21 ; 1 Samuel 7:1-4 The new cart, with its precious burden, must have come upon the men of Beth-shemesh like an apparition. The Ark was welco...
1 Samuel 7:2 - 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 7:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. It is difficult to explain this v...
1 Samuel 7:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long ,.... It could not be less than between forty and fifty years, for it remained here until the times of David, who re...
1 Samuel 7:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. Ver. 2. The time was long; for it w...
1 Samuel 7:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For it was twenty years It is not said that this space of twenty years was all the time of the ark's abode there, for it continued there from Eli's time till David's reign, ( 2 Samuel 6:2 ,) which...
1 Samuel 7:2 - 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 7:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Ark at Kirjath-jearim. B. C. 1099. 1 And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched...
1 Samuel 7:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, and was not carried to Shiloh, its former place, either because that place was destroyed by the Philistines when the ark was taken, as may be gathered from this his...
1 Samuel 7:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 7. Samuel Successfully Begins His Public Ministry And Establishes His Rule Over Israel Under YHWH, Finally Driving The Philistines Back To Their Own Territory And ‘Judging' Israel From Th...
1 Samuel 7:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 7:1 . “The house of Abinadab,” etc. “Why the ark was not carried back to Shiloh is uncertain. The reason may be that the Philistines had conquered Shil...
1 Samuel 7:2 - 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 7:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

The time was long, for it was twenty years. An absent God Well might it be said, “The time was long.” Twenty hours, without Thy presence, are long indeed, and cloud the brightest day, and veil...
1 Samuel 7:2 - 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 7:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Reformation in Israel
1 Samuel 7:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 7:10 ; 2 Corinthians 7:11 ; Jeremiah 3:13 ; Jeremiah 3:22-25 ; Jeremiah 31:9 ; Judges 2:4 ; Matthew 5:4 ; Zechariah 12:10 ; Zechariah 12:11
1 Samuel 7:2 - 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 7:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Kirjath — jearim — Where it continued, and was not carried to Shiloh its former place, either because that place was destroyed by the Philistines when the ark was taken, or because God would hereby...

1 Samuel 7:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 7:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 7:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 7:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 7:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 7:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 7:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 7:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 7:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 7:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 7:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 7:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 7:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 7:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 7:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 7:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 7:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 7:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Samuel 7:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes