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1 Samuel 7

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The Book of 1 Samuel

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Summary

Samuel warns Israel that they should turn away from other foreign gods and worship only the Lord. The children of Israel fast for a time and seek the Lord’s will. Samuel becomes a judge in Israel.

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Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible

Matthew Henry (1706)

Commentary on the Bible

Adam Clarke (1831)

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable

Thomas Constable

Rashi’s Commentary

Rashi (Shlomo Yitzchaki)

Notes on the Bible

Albert Barnes (1834)

Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Gill (1746–63)

Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch (1857–78)

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible

John Wesley (1754–65)

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LORD

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Abinadab

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Eleazar

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Israel, House of

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Samuel

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Philistines

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Israel, Israelites, or Children of Israel

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, "God the Father," ca. 1510-1517.

God

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Amorites

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Kirjath-jearim

Beth-car

Shen

Eben-ezer

Ekron

Gath

Beitin, a possible site for Bethel. Photo by Deror_avi via Wikimedia Commons.

Beth-el

Gilgal

Ramah

Time

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