The Meaning of 1 Samuel 7:5 Explained

1 Samuel 7:5

KJV: And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.

YLT: and Samuel saith, 'Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I pray for you unto Jehovah.'

Darby: And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray Jehovah for you.

ASV: And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto Jehovah.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Samuel 7:5?

MEANING: What does 1 Samuel 7:5 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 7:5 mean?

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 7:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.

What does 1 Samuel 7:5 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 7:5 mean?

And said Samuel Gather - all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray for you to Yahweh

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל קִבְצ֥וּ אֶת־ כָּל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה וְאֶתְפַּלֵּ֥ל בַּעַדְכֶ֖ם אֶל־ יְהוָֽה

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	And said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל	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.
קִבְצ֥וּ	Gather
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural Root: קָבַץ Sense: to gather, assemble.
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.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	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.
הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה	to Mizpah
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular Root: מִצְפָּה Sense: a place in Gilead north of Jabbok and location of Laban’s cairn.
וְאֶתְפַּלֵּ֥ל	and I will pray
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual, first person common singular Root: פָּלַל Sense: to intervene, interpose, pray.
בַּעַדְכֶ֖ם	for you
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural Root: בַּעַד Sense: behind, through, round about, on behalf of, away from, about.
יְהוָֽה	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.

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