1 Samuel 7:4

Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth,.... Both their male and female deities, of which see Jdg 2:13.

and served the Lord Only; Dr. Lightfoot (i) observes, that a spirit of…

Compare the marginal references. Twenty years of Samuel’s life had passed away since the last mention of him 1Sa 4:1. Now he appears in the threefold character of prophet, Judge, and the acknowledged…

Put away Baalim and Ashtaroth - These were not two particular deities, but two genera of idols; the one masculine, Baalim; the other feminine, Ashtaroth; both the words are in the plural number, and…

We may well wonder where Samuel was and what he was doing all this while, for we have not had him so much as named till now, since Sa1 4:1, not as if he were unconcerned, but his labours among his…

The National Repentance and Reformation under Samuel

2. And it came to pass, &c. Better, And it came to pass, from the day when the ark rested in Kirjath-jearim, that a long time elapsed, even twenty…