1 Samuel 7:1
in 1 Samuel 7Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.
KJV
And the men of Kirjath–jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 7
Commentary
11 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
This verse belongs more properly to 1 Sam. 6. Abinadab and his sons were probably of the house of Levi. The catastrophe at Bethshemesh must inevitably have made the Israelites very careful to pay due honor to the ark in accordance with the Law: but to give the care of the ark to those who were not of the house of Levi would be a gross violation of the Law.
This site's exposition
came for the ark of the LORD
on 1 Samuel 7:1-2
The ark rests in Abinadab's house at Kiriath-jearim, with Eleazar consecrated to guard it, after the men of Beth-shemesh were struck down for looking into it. The hill town and the set-apart keeper show Israel learning caution. Through the “twenty years in all”, most of Samuel's rise from child to judge, “all the house of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD”.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
They sanctified his son Eleazar, etc. They chose holy and learned men, and by the name of the sons of God, they appointed teachers who would guard the state of the Church. For Eleazar, who is called the helper of God, figuratively expresses the assembly …
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistCommentary on 1 Kings, Book 3, Chapter 5 · Written before 604.
proposed
1. Aminadab is interpreted as "my people, willing"; Gibeah, "lofty." And indeed the ark of God must be entrusted to such persons. For a willing people is one whom good will alone draws to the exercise of virtuous works, whom necessity does not compel to fulfill the commandments of God. Blessed Paul indeed proclaims such persons under a single description, saying: "God loves a cheerful giver" (2 Cor. 9:7). What is the house of the willing people, if not the stronghold of holy love?
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Commentary on Chapter VII 1. Fetch up - That is, by the priests appointed to that work. Hill - This place they chose, both because it was a strong place, where it would be the most safe; and an high place, and therefore visible at some distance, which was convenient for them, who were at that time to direct their prayers and faces towards the ark.
And the men of Kirjathjearim came and fetched up the ark of the Lord,....
(2.) They provided a proper person to attend it: They sanctified Eleazar his son to keep it; not the father, either because he was aged and infirm, or because he had the affairs of his house and family to attend, from which they would not take him off. But the son, who, it is probable, was a very pious devout young man, and zealously affected towards the best things.
4 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The appearing of the glory of Samuel in his public services for the good of Israel, to whom he was raised up to be a judge, and he was the last that bore that character.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Da 6:10). brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill--Why it was not transported at once to Shiloh where the tabernacle and sacred vessels were remaining, is difficult to conjecture. sanctified . . . his son--He was not a Levite, and was therefore only set apart or appointed to be keeper of the place.
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Fetched up the ark - When these people received the message of the Beth-shemites, they probably consulted Samuel, with whom was the counsel of the Lord, and he had encouraged them to go and bring it up, else they might have expected such destruction as happened to the Beth-shemites. Sanctified Eleazar - Perhaps this sanctifying signifies no more than setting this man apart, simply to take care of the ark.
Fetched up the ark - When these people received the message of the Beth-shemites, they probably consulted Samuel, with whom was the counsel of the Lord, and he had encouraged them to go and bring it up, else they might have expected such destruction as happened to the Beth-shemites. Sanctified Eleazar - Perhaps this sanctifying signifies no more than setting this man apart, simply to take care of the ark.
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ | vaiyavou | and they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אַנְשֵׁ֣י׀ | ʾanshei | [the] people of | H582 → | 566 times |
| קִרְיַ֣ת | kiryat | Kiriath | H7157 → | 39 times |
| יְעָרִ֗ים | yearim | Jearim | H7157 → | 39 times |
| וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ | vaiyaalu | and they took up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲר֣וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיָּבִ֣אוּ | vaiyaviu | and they brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֹת֔וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבִינָדָ֖ב | ʾavinadav | Abinadab | H41 → | 12 times |
| בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה | bagivah | on the hill | H1389 → | 68 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶלְעָזָ֤ר | ʾelazar | Eleazar | H499 → | |
| בְּנוֹ֙ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| קִדְּשׁ֔וּ | kideshu | they consecrated | H6942 → | 171 times |
| לִשְׁמֹ֖ר | lishmor | to keep | H8104 → | 468 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲר֥וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ פ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּand they came
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
אַנְשֵׁ֣י׀[the] people of
ʾansheiH582 →566 times
קִרְיַ֣תKiriath
kiryatH7157 →39 times
יְעָרִ֗יםJearim
yearimH7157 →39 times
וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙and they took up
vaiyaaluH5927 →890 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of
ʾaronH727 →202 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיָּבִ֣אוּand they brought
vaiyaviuH935 →2568 times
אֹת֔וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
אֲבִינָדָ֖בAbinadab
ʾavinadavH41 →12 times
בַּגִּבְעָ֑הon the hill
bagivahH1389 →68 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אֶלְעָזָ֤רEleazar
ʾelazarH499 →
בְּנוֹ֙son his
benoH1121 →4930 times
קִדְּשׁ֔וּthey consecrated
kideshuH6942 →171 times
לִשְׁמֹ֖רto keep
lishmorH8104 →468 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲר֥וֹן[the] ark of
ʾaronH727 →202 times
יְהוָֽה׃ פYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 6:21So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 13:5–6
So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 15:60
Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 13:5–6
Through
Isaiah 52:11Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
- Zechariah 2:6–7
“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
- Isaiah 48:20
Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
- Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- Isaiah 1:16
Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
- 2 Corinthians 6:17
Through
Psalms 132:6We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.
- 1 Samuel 17:12
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 3, Chapter 5; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. G. Blaikie, The First Book of Samuel (Expositor's Bible).