1 Samuel 7:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heardb him. ”

1 Samuel 7:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Samuel’s preparation for intercessory prayer, namely, the offering up an atoning sacrifice, is most significant (compare Luke 1:9-10 ). The term here used for a “lamb” does not occur in the Pentat...
1 Samuel 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Samuel took . Samuel was. Levite, and according to 1 Chronicles 23:27-32 could do this; though according to Numbers 18:3 he could not have acted in the holy place. offered . offered up. See Ap...
1 Samuel 7:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 288 SAMUEL’S SUCCESSFUL INTERCESSION 1 Samuel 7:8-9 . And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of...
1 Samuel 7:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. Samuel took a sucking lamb - This suckin...
1 Samuel 7:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. Samuel took a sucking lamb, and of...
1 Samuel 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) В¶ And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they...
1 Samuel 7:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Samuel took a sucking lamb ,.... Which it might be, and yet more than eight days old, for under that it might not be sacrificed, Exodus 22:30 and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto...
1 Samuel 7:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered [it for] a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. Ver. 9. And Samuel took a sucking lam...
1 Samuel 7:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Samuel took a sucking lamb For after a lamb was eight days old, it was fit to be sacrificed to God, Exodus 22:30 ; Leviticus 17:27. And offered it for a burnt-offering For though he was not a pr...
1 Samuel 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Israelites Attacked by the Philistines; Samuel's Intercession for Israel. B. C. 1099. ...
1 Samuel 7:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It might be a sucking lamb , though it was more than eight days old, and so that law, Exodus 23:19 , was not violated. Offered it; either himself by Divine instinct, which was a sufficient warr...
1 Samuel 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Samuel took a sucking lamb, one having been about seven days with its mother, Leviticus 22:27 , and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord, without having divided it according to...
1 Samuel 7:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:30-38 ; 1 Samuel 10:8 ; 1 Samuel 16:2 ; 1 Samuel 6:14 ; 1 Samuel 6:15 ; 1 Samuel 7:17 ; 1 Samuel 9:12 ; James 5:16 ; Jeremiah 15:1 ; Judges 6:26 ; Judges 6:28 ; Psalms 50:15 ;...
1 Samuel 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Cried — And he cried unto the Lord. He made intercession with the sacrifice. So Christ intercedes in virtue of his satisfaction. And in all our prayers we must have an eye to his great oblation, de...

1 Samuel 7:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 7:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Samuel 7:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 7:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 7:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 7:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 7:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 7:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 7:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 7:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 7:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 7:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 7:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 7:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 7:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 7:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 7:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 7:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 7:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Samuel 7:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes