1 Samuel 7:2 KJV,ASV

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

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 or dead. All the priests were purified anew, before they touched the holy vessels. 1 Samuel 7:2 . Lamented after the Lord; for they had heard anew of the fame of his ark. But the first work of repentance is to put away our idols and our sins. 1 Samuel 7:3 . Ashtaroth. See on Judges 10:6.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 7:2

1 Samuel 7:2The time was long, for it was twenty years.An absent GodWell might it be said, “The time was long.” Twenty hours, without Thy presence, are long indeed, and cloud the brightest day, and veil the loveliest scenes. How should you like to be twenty years away from your beloved father or mother? Would not the time seem very long? And have you ever mourned an absent God? Have you been like Job, when he looked on every side and found Him not? (Job 23:8-9); or, like Mary Magdalene, whose... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:2

1Sa 7:2 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. Ver. 2. The time was long; for it was twenty years, ] viz., Ere Samuel could bring them to this solemn conversion related in the verses following: so tough is the old Adam, and so difficult a thing it is to work upon such as are habituated and hardened in sinful practices. Samuel’s song had been, as was afterwards Jeremiah’s,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 7:2

lamented: Judges 2:4, Jeremiah 3:13, Jeremiah 3:22-Lamentations :, Jeremiah 31:9, Zechariah 12:10, Zechariah 12:11, Matthew 5:4, 2 Corinthians 7:10, 2 Corinthians 7:11 Reciprocal: Joshua 18:14 - Kirjathbaal 1 Samuel 12:10 - And they 2 Samuel 6:4 - General 1 Chronicles 13:3 - the ark 1 Chronicles 13:7 - out of the house Jeremiah 26:20 - Kirjathjearim read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 7:2

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.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 punish the wickedness of the people of Israel, by keeping it in a private place near the Philistines, whether the generality of the people... read more

Daniel Whedon

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

THE GREAT DELIVERANCE AND REFORM UNDER SAMUEL, 1 Samuel 7:2-17. 2. Twenty years A period of silence in the history of Israel. What notable events occurred and what Samuel did during these twenty years are largely matters of conjecture. Some suppose that this period was nearly simultaneous with the twenty years of Samson’s judgeship. Judges 15:20. This opinion claims no certain proof in the biblical record; only it is probable that the forty years of Philistine oppression (Judges 13:1) from... read more