Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 7:14
14The cities from Ekron to Gath, which they had taken from Israel, were restored; Israel even rescued their surrounding territories from Philistine control. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.
1 Samuel 7:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
- New International Version (NIV)The towns from Ekron to Gath that the Philistines had captured from Israel were restored to Israel, and Israel delivered the neighboring territory from the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. There was peace also between Israel and the Amorites.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel recovered its territory from the hands of the Philistines. Also there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
Context of 1 Samuel 7:14
12Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, explaining, “The Lord has helped us to this point.” 13So the Philistines were subdued and did not invade Israel’s territory again. The Lord’s hand was against the Philistines all of Samuel’s life. The cities from Ekron to Gath, which they had taken from Israel, were restored; Israel even rescued their surrounding territories from Philistine control. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites. 15Samuel judged Israel throughout his life. 16Every year he would go on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah and would judge Israel at all these locations.
Read all of 1 Samuel 71 Samuel 7:14 word by word
וַתָּשֹׁ֣בְנָה הֶעָרִ֡ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָֽקְחוּ־פְלִשְׁתִּים֩ מֵאֵ֨ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל׀ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵעֶקְר֣וֹן וְעַד־גַּ֔ת וְאֶ֨ת־גְּבוּלָ֔ן הִצִּ֥יל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִיַּ֣ד פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיְהִ֣י שָׁל֔וֹם בֵּ֥ין יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וּבֵ֥ין הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- which the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
- had takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- from Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- were restoredשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
- from Ekronעֶקְרוֹן‛eqrôn · EkronH6138
- even unto Gathגַּתgath · GathH1661
- and the coastsגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: areaH1366
- deliverנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
- out of the handsיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
- And there was peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965
- and the Amoritesאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 7:14
- Deuteronomy 7:2and when the Lord your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
- Judges 4:17Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between King Jabin of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.
- Psalms 106:34They did not destroy the peoples as the Lord had commanded them
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 7:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The cities which the Philistines had taken - We are not informed of the particulars of these reprisals, but we may rest assured all this was not done in one day: perhaps the retaking of the cities was by slow degrees, through the space of several years. There was peace between Israel and the Amorites - That is, all the remaining Canaanites kept quiet, and did not attempt to molest the Israelites, when they found the Philistines, the most powerful of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14This shows the vigour and success of Samuel‘s government. He seems not only to have expelled the Philistines from the interior of the Israelite country, but to have attacked them in their own land, and taken from them the cities, with the adjacent territory, which properly belonged to Israel, but which the Philistines had taken possession of. In this war the Amorites, finding the Philistines worse masters than the Israelites, made common cause with…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 In this great revival of true religion, the ark was neither removed to Shiloh, nor placed with the tabernacle any where else. This disregard to the Levitical institutions showed that their typical meaning formed their chief use; and when that was overlooked, they became a lifeless service, not to be compared with repentance, faith, and the love of God and man.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The Amorites lived in Canaan and the region east of the Jordan River before Israel took over the promised land (see Genesis 15:16; Deuteronomy 3:8; Joshua 2:10). Some Amorites stayed in the region after the conquest (see 2 Samuel 21:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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