The Meaning of 1 Samuel 7:15 Explained

1 Samuel 7:15

KJV: And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

YLT: And Samuel judgeth Israel all the days of his life,

Darby: And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

ASV: And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Samuel 7:15?

MEANING: What does 1 Samuel 7:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 7:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in 1 Samuel 7:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Samuel  judged  Israel  all the days  of his life. 

What does 1 Samuel 7:15 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 7:5-17 - Leading The Nation In God's Ways
We are here taught the successive steps that must be taken if revival is to be granted to either Church or individual.
1.Unity. All Israel was gathered. The divisions and jealousies of preceding years were renounced.
2.Confession. The people poured out their hearts before the Lord.
3.The abandonment of false gods. "They put away the Baalim and Ashtaroth and served the Lord only."
4.Intercessory prayer. The one condition of revival is to get back to prayer. "Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us."
5.Full surrender, as set forth in Samuel's burned-offering. Yield thyself to God, and thy Philistine sins, stealing up the valleys, will fall back discomfited, and thou shalt raise thine Ebenezer.
So Israel proved. There was immediate evidence that God had accepted them. Natural phenomena fought on their side. The very spot which had been the scene of defeat became the scene of glorious victory. Compare 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 7:12. Here is great encouragement for us, for at certain spots in our life-experience we have been defeated; but just in these same spots, when the barriers which have intercepted God's help are leveled, we shall become more than conquerors. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 7

1  They of Kiriath Jearim bring the ark to Abinadab, and sanctify Eleazar as guard
2  After twenty years,
3  the Israelites, by Samuel's means, solemnly repent at Mizpeh
7  While Samuel prays and sacrifices,
10  the Lord thwarts the Philistines by thunder at Ebenezer
13  The Philistines are subdued
15  Samuel judges Israel

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 7:15 mean?

And judged Samuel - Israel all the days of his life
וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י חַיָּֽיו

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט  And  judged 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁפַט  
Sense: to judge, govern, vindicate, punish.
שְׁמוּאֵל֙  Samuel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמוּאֵל  
Sense: son of Elkanah by his wife Hannah and judge or prophet of Israel during the days of Saul and David.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
יְמֵ֥י  the  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
חַיָּֽיו  of  his  life 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.

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