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1Sa_7:9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered [it for] a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
Ver. 9. And Samuel took a sucking lamb.] A figure of that Lamb undefiled and without spot, Jesus Christ, by whom we prevail over all our spiritual enemies, as here Israel did over the Philistines. It was a sucking lamb, to show, haply, that the people purposed to be renewed in piety and holiness {a} - a lamb of no great price, to show that God looketh not to the greatness of the gift, but to the heart of the offerer. {b}
And offered it for a burnt offering.] This he might do as a prophet, though no priest, saith Kimchi. See 1Ki_18:30-31.
And Samuel cried unto the Lord.] He was famous for calling upon God’s name with singular success. {Psa_99:6 Jer_15:1}
And the Lord heard him.] So he doth all such as bring unto him honest hearts and lawful petitions: these are sure of not miscarrying returns of their prayers.
{a} Diod.
{b} Pet. Martyr.