7:10 As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. 5 But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by 6 Israel.
7:1 Then the people 7 of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.
1 tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” as the object of the verb.
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
4 tn The parallel passage in 2 Chr 29:1 has “Abijah.”
5 tn Heb “approached for battle against Israel.”
6 tn Heb “before.”
7 tn Heb “men.”
8 tn Heb “the men of Israel” (so KJV, NASB); NAB, NIV, NRSV “the Israelites.”
9 tn Heb “to meet.”
10 tn Heb “why is your heart displeased?”
11 sn Like the number seven, the number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number (see, for example, Dan 1:20, Zech 8:23).