1 Samuel 7 · Verse 15

1 Samuel 7:15

And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
1 Samuel 7:15, King James Version

1 Samuel 7:15 in other translations

BSBSo Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
WEBSamuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
ASVAnd Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
YLTAnd Samuel judgeth Israel all the days of his life,
DARBYAnd Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
BBEAnd Samuel was judge of Israel all the days of his life.
WebsterAnd Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

What does 1 Samuel 7:15 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life - Samuel is supposed to have lived one hundred years; he did not begin to judge Israel till he was about forty years of age; and if he was one hundred years of age when he died, he must have been a judge sixty years, and consequently filled that office during the whole of Saul's reign. But that he had been dead before Saul's last battle, is evident from the transactions of that king with the witch of En-dor, and probably not long before. Samuel was the prophet of that time; declared the will of the Lord, and frequently directed both the civil and military transactions of the kingdom. Samuel seems, in many respects, to have been considered the governor of the people, while Saul was only looked on as the general of the armies.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 7:13-17

In this great revival of true religion, the ark was neither removed to Shiloh, nor placed with the tabernacle any where else. This disregard to the Levitical institutions showed that their typical meaning formed their chief use; and when that was overlooked, they became a lifeless service, not to be compared with repentance, faith, and the love of God and man.

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1 Samuel 7:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤טvai.yish.Potand he judgedH8199
שְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElSamuelH8050
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כֹּ֖לkolallH3605
יְמֵ֥יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
חַיָּֽיו\׃chai.Yavlife hisH2416

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 7:15

  • 1 Samuel 7:6

    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.

  • Acts 13:20-21

    And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

  • Judges 2:16

    Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

  • 1 Samuel 12:1

    And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.

  • 1 Samuel 25:1

    And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

  • 1 Samuel 12:11

    And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.

  • Judges 3:10-11

    And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan–rishathaim. And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 2873-2947. B.C. 1131-1057. judged.
6; 12:1; 25:1; Jud 2:16; 3:10,11; Ac 13:20,21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 7:14

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 7:15

    And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

  • 1 Samuel 7:16

    And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth–el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

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1 Samuel 7:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y juzgó Samuel á Israel todo el tiempo que vivió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Samuel jugea Israël tous les jours de sa vie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Samuel richtete Israel alle Tage seines Lebens.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Judicabat quoque Samuel Israëlem cunctis diebus vitæ suæ: