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1 Samuel 7:6 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 7 · verse 6
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.1 Samuel 7:6 · King James Version
1 Samuel 7:6 in context
4Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
5And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
6And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
7And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
8And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- togetherqâbatsto graspH6908 →
- MizpehMitspâhMitspah, the name of two places in PalestineH4709 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- fastedtsûwmto cover overH6684 →
- sinnedchâṭâʼproperly, to missH2398 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
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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 people are not mentioned till there appears the fruit of them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-6