1 Samuel 7:15

1 Samuel 7:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
• New International Version (NIV)Samuel continued as Israel’s leader all the days of his life.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

Context of 1 Samuel 7:15

13The power of the Philistines was crushed, so they didn’t come into Israel’s territory again. The Lord restrained the Philistines as long as Samuel lived. 14The cities between Ekron and Gath which the Philistines took from Israel were returned to Israel. And Israel recovered the territory controlled by these cities from the Philistines. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites. Samuel judged Israel as long as he lived. 16Every year he went around to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah in order to judge Israel in all those places. 17Then he would return home to Ramah. There, too, he judged Israel. And in Ramah he built an altar to the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:15 word by word

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י חַיָּֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemû'êl · SamuelH8050
• judgedשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• all the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of his lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 7:15

• 1 Samuel 7:6So the Israelites gathered together at Mizpah. They drew some water, poured it out in front of the Lord, and fasted that day. They confessed, “We have sinned against the Lord.” So Samuel judged Israel in Mizpah.
• 1 Samuel 12:1Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to everything you have said to me and appointed a king over you.
• 1 Samuel 25:1Samuel died, and all Israel gathered to mourn for him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David went to the desert of Paran.
• Judges 2:16Then the Lord would send judges to rescue them from those who robbed them.
• Judges 3:10When the Lord’s Spirit came over him, he became the judge of Israel. He went out to war. The Lord handed King Cushan Rishathaim of Aram Naharaim over to him, and Othniel overpowered him.
• Acts 13:20He did all this in about four hundred and fifty years. “After that he gave his people judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 7:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Samuel 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Samuel 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.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. 15judged Israel all the days of his life: After Saul became king (1 Samuel 10), Samuel mainly served as a judge, not a military leader.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 7:15

• Court
• Judge
• Samuel

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Samuel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• David
• Mizpah
• Samuel, Books of
• Judges, Period of
• Samuel, Books of
• Tabernacle

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