1 Samuel 7

1 Samuel 7:1

Kiriath-jearim] A Citie, not of the Levites, or Priests, and seated in the Tribe of Iudah, Iosh. XV. 9, formerly called Kiriath-Baal, ver. 60. and XVIII. 14. Of this Citie see more in the Observations on Ch. IV. 3. and on Psal. CXXXII. 6. These Citizens fetched the Arke, but borne and carried by the Priests of Bethshemesh.

1 Samuel 7:2

Twenty yeeres] Till this time of lamentation and repentance, and a long time after, see the Observations on Iosh. VI. 6.

1 Samuel 7:10

Thundered] By thunder here: by hailstones, Iosh. X. 10, 11.