1 Samuel 4:15
ninety-eight <08673> [ninety.]
eyes <05869> [and his eyes.]
straight ahead <06965> [were dim. Heb. stood.]
1 Samuel 13:1
[A.M. 2911. B.C. 1093. An. Ex. Is. 398.]
reign ... ruled <04427 01121> [reigned one year. Heb. the son of one year in his reigning.]
This verse is variously interpreted; but probably it only means, according to the Hebrew idiom, that, during the first year nothing remarkable occurred; but after two years, (or in the second year of his reign,) the subsequent events took place.
1 Samuel 1:7
year ... year <08141> [year.]
Whenever ... went up <01767 05927> [when she. or, from the time that she. Heb. from her going up.]
1 Samuel 7:2
longed <05091> [lamented.]
1 Samuel 7:16
travel <01980> [he went.]
When he was at Bethel, the tribe of Ephraim and all the northern parts of the country could attend him; when at Gilgal, the tribe of Benjamin and those beyond Jordan could have easy access to him; and when at Mizpeh, he was within the reach of Judah, Simeon, and Gad: but at Ramah was the place of his ordinary abode; and there he held his court, for there he judged Israel: and as it is probable that Shiloh was destroyed, it is said (ver. 17) that there, i.e., at Ramah, "he built an altar to the Lord."
circuit <05437> [in circuit. Heb. and he circuited.]
1 Samuel 4:18
mentioned <02142> [when he made.]
neck <04665> [his neck.]
judged <08199> [And he had.]
"He seems to have been a judge to do justice only, and that in south-west Israel."
