The text brings Samuel back on the scene, he brings the Israelites together and calls upon them to repent and turn to back to Jehovah their God and He will deliver them. An exposition of 1 Samuel 7:3-10.
The men of Beth-shemis had violated The Ceremonial Laws regarding the oversight and protection of the Ark of the Covenant and God struck the people a great slaughter. An exposition of 1 Samuel 6:15-7:2.
The Philistines captured the Ark, and because they had taken the ark of the covenant, God had punished them with disease and affliction, each of the 5 cities that had the Ark. They return the ark to Israel out of fear of further consequences because of their sin. An...