35And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
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And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-35)We have here an account of the distress of the children of Israel, even in the day of their triumphs. Such alloys are all present joys subject to. And such obstructions does many a good cause meet with, even when it seems most prosperous, through the mismanagement of instruments. I. Saul forbade the people, under the penalty of a curse, to taste any food that day, 1 Sam. 14:24. Here we will suppos…
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