1 Samuel 7:9

Listen to 1 Samuel 7:9
9 Tom贸 Samuel un cordero de leche y lo ofreci贸 como completo holocausto al SE脩OR; y clam贸 Samuel al SE脩OR por Israel y el SE脩OR le respondi贸.

1 Samuel 7:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 7:9

And Samuel took a sucking lamb
Which it might be, and yet more than eight days old, for under that it might not be sacrificed, ( Exodus 22:30 )

and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord;
the whole of it was burnt, skin and all, whereas the skin was the priest's in other burnt offerings; and this is remarked F13 as one of the three things in which it differed from other offerings; the word being feminine, the Jews gather from hence, as Jarchi notes, that females might be offered at a private altar:

and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel;
not only offered a sacrifice for them, but prayed for them:

and the Lord heard him;
and answered him, either by causing fire to come down on the sacrifice, by which it was consumed, or by the voice of thunder, which frightened and discomfited the Philistines; and the event of things manifestly showed it.


FOOTNOTES:

F13 Midrash Schemuel apud Abarbinel in loc.
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1 Samuel 7:9 In-Context

7 Cuando los filisteos oyeron que los hijos de Israel se hab铆an reunido en Mizpa, los pr铆ncipes de los filisteos subieron contra Israel. Cuando oyeron esto los hijos de Israel, tuvieron temor de los filisteos.
8 Entonces los hijos de Israel dijeron a Samuel: No dejes de clamar al SE脩OR nuestro Dios por nosotros, para que El nos libre de la mano de los filisteos.
9 Tom贸 Samuel un cordero de leche y lo ofreci贸 como completo holocausto al SE脩OR; y clam贸 Samuel al SE脩OR por Israel y el SE脩OR le respondi贸.
10 Mientras Samuel estaba ofreciendo el holocausto, los filisteos se acercaron para pelear con Israel. Mas el SE脩OR tron贸 con gran estruendo aquel d铆a contra los filisteos y los confundi贸, y fueron derrotados delante de Israel.
11 Saliendo de Mizpa los hombres de Israel, persiguieron a los filisteos, hiri茅ndolos hasta m谩s all谩 de Bet-car.
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