Compare the marginal references. Twenty years of Samuel’s life had passed since he was last mentioned (1 Samuel 4:1). He now appears in…

Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth. —The answer of the people showed how well and thoroughly the prophet-states…

Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth ,
&c.] Both their male and female deities, of which se…

God will find a resting-place for his ark; if some thrust it from them, the hearts of others will be inclined to receive it. It is nothing new for …