1 Samuel 7:14
in 1 Samuel 7The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the border thereof did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
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.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 7
Commentary
11 notes on this verseThe 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 ancient inhabitants of the land, broken and subdued before them.
This site's exposition
the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines
on 1 Samuel 7:13-14
The cities taken from Israel are restored as far as Gath, the same town Goliath will come from at 17:4, and Israel is said to have peace also with the Amorites, so this was not a single-front war. Samuel's lifetime, not one battle, is named as the span of the rest that follows, and that rest is the season in which Israel will ask for a king at 8:5.
This site's exposition
The cities from Ekron to Gath
Adam Clarke judged that the cities came back over several years. Albert Barnes saw Samuel carry the war into Philistine land to recover towns that belonged to Israel. John Wesley and Matthew Henry read the Amorites as the Canaanites who remained in the land.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
There was peace between Israel and the Amorites. After the ascension of the Lord, with the Churches confirmed in faith, there was our peace, which made both one, between those from the Jews and those who believed from the Gentiles. There will also be in …
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistCommentary on 1 Kings, Book 3, Chapter 5 · Written before 604.
proposed
25. Those ruined multitudes of angels are the cities that were taken away. But then they are restored, when from the elect human nature is assumed that which may supply what was lost from among the angels. This can also fittingly be understood of the conversion of wicked men. For the cities of the Philistines are taken away when the unity of the faithful is deceived by temptation, and they are subjected to themselves by being plunged into sins.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Peace - An agreement for the cessation of all acts of hostility. Amorites - That is, the Canaanites, often called Amorites, because these were formerly the most valiant of all those nations, and the first Enemies which the Israelites met with, when they went to take possession of their land.
Peace - An agreement for the cessation of all acts of hostility. Amorites - That is, the Canaanites, often called Amorites, because these were formerly the most valiant of all those nations, and the first Enemies which the Israelites met with, when they went to take possession of their land.
And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel,....
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
This they got by their reformation and religion, they got ground of their enemies and got forward in their affairs. It is added, There was peace between Israel and the Amorites, that is, the Canaanites, the remains of the natives.
This they got by their reformation and religion, they got ground of their enemies and got forward in their affairs. It is added, There was peace between Israel and the Amorites, that is, the Canaanites, the remains of the natives.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
This 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 Samuel, and assisted the Israelites in their wars against the Philistines.
The words behind it
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתָּשֹׁ֣בְנָה | vatashoenah | and they went back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| הֶעָרִ֡ים | hearim | the cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לָֽקְחוּ־ | lakechu- | they had taken | H3947 → | 966 times |
| פְלִשְׁתִּים֩ | felishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| מֵאֵ֨ת | meet | from with | H854 → | 929 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל׀ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | leyisrael | to Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מֵעֶקְר֣וֹן | meekron | from Ekron | H6138 → | 22 times |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| גַּ֔ת | gat | Gath | H1661 → | 32 times |
| וְאֶ֨ת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גְּבוּלָ֔ן | gevulan | territory their | H1366 → | 240 times |
| הִצִּ֥יל | hitzil | he delivered | H5337 → | 212 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מִיַּ֣ד | miyad | from [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | pelishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| וַיְהִ֣י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| שָׁל֔וֹם | shalom | peace | H7965 → | 236 times |
| בֵּ֥ין | bein | between | H996 → | 407 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וּבֵ֥ין | uvein | and between | H996 → | 407 times |
| הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ | haemori | the Amorite[s] | H567 → |
וַתָּשֹׁ֣בְנָהand they went back
vatashoenahH7725 →1056 times
הֶעָרִ֡יםthe cities
hearimH5892 →1090 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לָֽקְחוּ־they had taken
lakechu-H3947 →966 times
פְלִשְׁתִּים֩[the] Philistines
felishtimH6430 →287 times
מֵאֵ֨תfrom with
meetH854 →929 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל׀Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙to Israel
leyisraelH3478 →2507 times
מֵעֶקְר֣וֹןfrom Ekron
meekronH6138 →22 times
וְעַד־and to
vead-H5704 →1261 times
גַּ֔תGath
gatH1661 →32 times
וְאֶ֨ת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
גְּבוּלָ֔ןterritory their
gevulanH1366 →240 times
הִצִּ֥ילhe delivered
hitzilH5337 →212 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מִיַּ֣דfrom [the] hand of
miyadH3027 →1618 times
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים[the] Philistines
pelishtimH6430 →287 times
וַיְהִ֣יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
שָׁל֔וֹםpeace
shalomH7965 →236 times
בֵּ֥יןbetween
beinH996 →407 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וּבֵ֥יןand between
uveinH996 →407 times
הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃the Amorite[s]
haemoriH567 →
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
Psalms 106:34They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:2
and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 7:16
You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
- Deuteronomy 7:2
Through
Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
it leads to
- Exodus 23:33
They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
- Judges 8:27
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
- Deuteronomy 19:21
You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
- Deuteronomy 13:8
you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
- Exodus 23:33
Through
Deuteronomy 7:2and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
it leads to
- Judges 2:2
and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?
- Exodus 23:32–33
You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
- Judges 2:2
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Samuel
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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.