1 Samuel 7:8-17
Keep <02790> [Cease, etc. Heb. Be not silent from us from crying.]
nursing <0259 02461> [a sucking.]
Lord ... cried ..... Lord ....... Lord <02199 03068> [cried unto.]
answered <06030> [heard. or, answered.]
thundered <07481> [thundered.]
panic <02000> [discomfited.]
Beth Car <01033> [Beth-car.]
This place was probably situated in the tribe of Dan. Josephus calls it [ ;] the LXX. [ ;] Targum, Beth-saron; Syriac and Arabic Beth-jasan; by which Houbigant supposes is meant Beth-shan.
took a stone <03947 0259 068> [took a stone.]
Ebenezer <072> [Ebenezer. that is, The stone of help.]
Lord <03068> [Hitherto.]
defeated <03665> [subdued.]
invade <03254 0935> [came no more.]
Philistines .................. Philistines <06430> [against.]
peace <07965> [peace.]
led <08199> [A.M. 2873-2947. B.C. 1131-1057. judged.]
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.]
return <08666> [his return.]
built <01129> [he built.]
