Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:9 - 7:9

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Samuel 7:9 - 7:9


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It might be a sucking lamb, though it was more than eight days old, and so that law, Exo_23:19, was not violated.



Offered it; either himself by Divine instinct, which was a sufficient warrant; or rather by a priest, as Saul is afterwards said to have offered, 1Sa_13:9.



A burnt-offering wholly; burning all the parts of it, according to the law of the burnt-offerings; whereas in other offerings some parts were reserved.



The Lord heard him, as appears by the effects, the following thunder, and the overthrow of the Philistines’ host.