15And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
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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.
And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. …
Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
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.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-17)We have here a short account of the further good services that Samuel did to Israel. Having parted them from their idols, and brought them home to their God, he had put them into a capacity of receiving further benefits by his ministry. Having prevailed in that, he becomes, in other instances, a great blessing to them; yet, writing it himself, he is brief in the relation. We are not told here, but…
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