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1 Samuel 7:1

1 Samuel 7:1
And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the men of Kirjathjearim came and fetched up the ark of the Lord,.... From Bethshemesh, which was near unto them, as Josephus (g) says; they made no difficulty of fetching it, but gladly received…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

This verse belongs more properly to 1 Sam. 6. Abinadab and his sons were probably of the house of Levi. The catastrophe at Bethshemesh must inevitably have made the Israelites very careful to pay due…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Fetched up the ark - When these people received the message of the Beth-shemites, they probably consulted Samuel, with whom was the counsel of the Lord, and he had encouraged them to go and bring it…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Samuel 7:1-2

Here we must attend the ark to Kirjath-jearim, and then leave it there, to hear not a word more of it except once (Sa1 14:18), till David fetched it thence, about forty years after, Ch1 13:6.

I. We…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

1Sa 7:1. into the house of Abinadab in the hill On the hill, some eminence in or near the town. In 2Sa 6:4-5, the E. V. wrongly takes the same word as a proper name, "in Gibeah."

Abinadab was…

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