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1 Samuel 7:14 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 7 · verse 14
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.1 Samuel 7:14 · King James Version
1 Samuel 7:14 in context
12Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
13So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
14And 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.
15And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
16And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- PhilistinesPᵉlishtîya Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethH6430 →
- restoredshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- delivernâtsalto snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- coastsgᵉbûwlproperly, a cordH1366 →
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We have here a short account of the further good services that Samuel did to Israel. Having parted them from their idols, and brought them home to their God, he had put them into a capacity of receiving further benefits by his ministry.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-17