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La Biblia Reina-Valera
1 Samuel 7:15
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- CondensedParallel Translations
Samuel juzgó a Israel todos los días de su vida.
Y juzg� Samuel a Israel todo el tiempo que vivi�.
Y juzg� Samuel a Israel todo el tiempo que vivi�.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
am 2873-2947, bc 1131-1057
judged: 1 Samuel 7:6, 1 Samuel 12:1, 1 Samuel 25:1, Judges 2:16, Judges 3:10, Judges 3:11, Acts 13:20, Acts 13:21
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 19:4 - went out again
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. Not only before Saul was made king, but afterwards; for though he had not the exercise of the supreme government of the nation, yet he might act as a judge under Saul, and hear and try causes brought before him, and execute justice and judgment; and as a prophet he taught and instructed the people, and reformed abuses among them; and besides, he held and exercised his extraordinary office, to which he was raised up of God, and even took upon him to reprove Saul himself, and to kill Agag. The Jews say q he judged Israel thirteen years only, eleven by himself, and two with Saul; but his government must be much larger, his with Saul is reckoned forty years, Acts 13:21.
q Seder Olam Rabba, c. 13. p. 35. Midrash Tillim apud Abarbinel in loc. Kimchi in loc.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Samuel judged Israel ... - The repetition of the phrase in 1 Samuel 7:16-17, in connection with Samuel’s circuit, is a proof that it is his civil judgeship which is meant. The military leadership of course belonged to Saul, when he became king.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Samuel 7:15. Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. — Samuel is supposed to have lived one hundred years; he did not begin to judge Israel till he was about forty years of age; and if he was one hundred years of age when he died, he must have been a judge sixty years, and consequently filled that office during the whole of Saul's reign. But that he had been dead before Saul's last battle, is evident from the transactions of that king with the witch of En-dor, and probably not long before. Samuel was the prophet of that time; declared the will of the Lord, and frequently directed both the civil and military transactions of the kingdom. Samuel seems, in many respects, to have been considered the governor of the people, while Saul was only looked on as the general of the armies.
