1 Samuel 7:15

Modern

So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

Traditional

And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

Literal

And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

Latin

Judicabat quoque Samuel Israëlem cunctis diebus vitæ suæ:

Hebrew

English

So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

judged Israel all the days of his life: After Saul became king (1 Samuel 10), Samuel mainly served as a judge, not a military leader.

Theme notes and profiles

1 Samuel 7:6
When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
Acts 13:20–21
All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
Judges 2:16
Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.
1 Samuel 12:1
Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
1 Samuel 12:11
So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
1 Samuel 25:1
When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
Judges 3:10–11
The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Samuel: Prophet and last judge of Israel before the kings