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He cried out to the LORD on Israel&#8217s behalf, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> So Samuel took a young lamb and offered it to the LORD as a whole burnt offering. He pleaded with the LORD to help Israel, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/esv/1_samuel/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. And Samuel cried out to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/bsb/1_samuel/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/7.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/7.htm">New King James Version</a> And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. Then Samuel cried out to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD; and Samuel cried out to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it for a whole burnt offering to the LORD; and Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel and the LORD answered him. <a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it for a whole burnt offering to the LORD; and Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel and the LORD answered him. <a href="/lsb/1_samuel/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it for a whole burnt offering to Yahweh; and Samuel cried out to Yahweh for Israel, and Yahweh answered him. <a href="/amp/1_samuel/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD; and Samuel cried out to the LORD for Israel and the LORD answered him. <a href="/csb/1_samuel/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then Samuel took a young lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then Samuel took a young lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/asv/1_samuel/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering unto Jehovah: and Samuel cried unto Jehovah for Israel; and Jehovah answered him. <a href="/erv/1_samuel/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD answered him. <a href="/gwt/1_samuel/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then Samuel took a lamb, one still feeding on milk, and sacrificed it as a burnt offering to the LORD. Samuel cried to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/gnt/1_samuel/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> Samuel killed a young lamb and burned it whole as a sacrifice to the LORD. Then he prayed to the LORD to help Israel, and the LORD answered his prayer. <a href="/isv/1_samuel/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. Samuel cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/msb/1_samuel/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/net/1_samuel/7.htm">NET Bible</a> So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. Samuel cried out to the LORD on Israel's behalf, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/nheb/1_samuel/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering to the LORD: and Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel; and the LORD answered him. <a href="/wbt/1_samuel/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt-offering wholly to the LORD: and Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. <a href="/web/1_samuel/7.htm">World English Bible</a> Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering to Yahweh. Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel, and Yahweh answered him. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Samuel takes a fat lamb, and causes it to go up—a whole burnt-offering to YHWH; and Samuel cries to YHWH for Israel, and YHWH answers him; <a href="/ylt/1_samuel/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Samuel taketh a fat lamb, and causeth it to go up -- a burnt-offering whole to Jehovah; and Samuel crieth unto Jehovah for Israel, and Jehovah answereth him; <a href="/slt/1_samuel/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Samuel will take one fat lamb and bring up a burnt-offering wholly to Jehovah: and Samuel will cry to Jehovah for Israel, and Jehovah will answer him.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_samuel/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it whole for a holocaust to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him. <a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then Samuel took one suckling lamb, and he offered it whole, as a holocaust to the Lord. And Samuel cried out to the Lord on behalf of Israel, and the Lord heeded him. <a href="/nabre/1_samuel/7.htm">New American Bible</a> Samuel therefore took an unweaned lamb and offered it whole as a burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> So Samuel took a sucking lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD; Samuel cried out to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it for a burnt offering wholly to the LORD; and Samuel prayed before the LORD for the children of Israel; and the LORD answered him. <a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Shemueil took one suckling lamb and offered him up as a burnt offering, perfect to LORD JEHOVAH, and Shemueil prayed before LORD JEHOVAH for the children of Israel, and LORD JEHOVAH answered him<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_samuel/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering unto the LORD; and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD answered him. <a href="/sep/1_samuel/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it up as a whole-burnt-offering with all the people to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him. <a href="/parallel/1_samuel/7-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=1717" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/7.htm">Samuel Subdues the Philistines</a> …8and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.” 9<a href="/hebrew/8050.htm" title="8050: šə·mū·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- Name of God, a prophet of Isr. From the passive participle of shama' and 'el; heard of God; Shemuel, the name of three Israelites.">Then Samuel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">took</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">a</a> <a href="/hebrew/2461.htm" title="2461: ḥā·lāḇ (N-ms) -- Milk. From the same as cheleb; milk.">suckling</a> <a href="/hebrew/2924.htm" title="2924: ṭə·lêh (N-msc) -- A lamb. By variation for tla'; a lamb.">lamb</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·ʿă·lɛh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">and offered it</a> <a href="/hebrew/3632.htm" title="3632: kā·lîl (Adj-ms) -- Entire, whole, a holocaust. From kalal; complete; as noun, the whole; as adverb, fully.">as a whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·w·lāh (N-fs) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">burnt offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8050.htm" title="8050: šə·mū·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- Name of God, a prophet of Isr. From the passive participle of shama' and 'el; heard of God; Shemuel, the name of three Israelites.">He</a> <a href="/hebrew/2199.htm" title="2199: way·yiz·‘aq (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To cry, cry out, call. A primitive root; to shriek; by analogy, to announce or convene publicly.">cried out</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1157.htm" title="1157: bə·‘aḏ (Prep) -- From ad with prepositional prefix; in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.">on behalf of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">and the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: way·ya·‘ă·nê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To answer, respond.">answered him.</a> 10As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11-14</a> But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? / Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people. / Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’” ... <a href="/numbers/16-46.htm">Numbers 16:46-48</a> Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.” / So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people. / He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted. <a href="/judges/6-36.htm">Judges 6:36-40</a> Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said, / then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.” / And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water. ... <a href="/1_kings/18-36.htm">1 Kings 18:36-39</a> At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command. / Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.” / Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/7-1.htm">2 Chronicles 7:1-3</a> When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. / The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it. / When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” <a href="/psalms/99-6.htm">Psalm 99:6-8</a> Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered. / He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them. / O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds. <a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23</a> So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them. <a href="/isaiah/53-12.htm">Isaiah 53:12</a> Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Jeremiah 15:1</a> Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go! <a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm">Ezekiel 22:30</a> I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one. <a href="/james/5-16.htm">James 5:16-18</a> Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. / Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. / Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops. <a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a> Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them. <a href="/1_john/2-1.htm">1 John 2:1-2</a> My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. / He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. <a href="/romans/8-34.htm">Romans 8:34</a> Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us. <a href="/luke/22-31.htm">Luke 22:31-32</a> Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat. / But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly to the LORD: and Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.a sucking<a href="/1_samuel/7-17.htm">1 Samuel 7:17</a> And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.<a href="/1_samuel/6-14.htm">1 Samuel 6:14,15</a> And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD… <a href="/1_samuel/9-12.htm">1 Samuel 9:12</a> And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:cried unto<a href="/psalms/50-15.htm">Psalm 50:15</a> And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.<a href="/psalms/99-6.htm">Psalm 99:6</a> Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.<a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Jeremiah 15:1</a> Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.heard.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/9-3.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-16.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-15.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-14.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-24.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-10.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/judges/5-28.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-7.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-5.htm">Israel's</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-19.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-15.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-17.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/revelation/8-4.htm">Prayers</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-8.htm">Samuel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-25.htm">Sucking</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-10.htm">Suckling</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-13.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/judges/17-3.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/3-12.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-6.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-10.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-9.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-9.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-18.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-11.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-21.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-10.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-37.htm">Israel's</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-4.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-7.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-10.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-8.htm">Prayers</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-10.htm">Samuel</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-8.htm">Sucking</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">Suckling</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-20.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-61.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 7</div>1. <a href="/1_samuel/7-1.htm">They of Kiriath Jearim bring the ark to Abinadab, and sanctify Eleazar as guard</a> 2. <a href="/1_samuel/7-2.htm">After twenty years,</a> 3. <a href="/1_samuel/7-3.htm">the Israelites, by Samuel's means, solemnly repent at Mizpeh</a> 7. <a href="/1_samuel/7-7.htm">While Samuel prays and sacrifices, </a> 10. <a href="/1_samuel/7-10.htm">the Lord thwarts the Philistines by thunder at Ebenezer</a> 13. <a href="/1_samuel/7-13.htm">The Philistines are subdued</a> 15. <a href="/1_samuel/7-15.htm">Samuel judges Israel</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This act symbolizes the need for atonement and the importance of offering something valuable to God. The use of a suckling lamb also prefigures Christ, who is referred to as the "Lamb of God" in <a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>, symbolizing ultimate sacrifice and purity.and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. The whole burnt offering was a common practice in ancient Israel, signifying complete dedication and surrender to God. By offering the entire animal, Samuel demonstrates total commitment and seeks to atone for the sins of the people. This act of worship and sacrifice is a precursor to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus, who offered Himself wholly for the sins of humanity, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a>.He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, Samuel's intercession for Israel highlights his role as a mediator between God and the people, similar to Moses. This act of crying out signifies earnest prayer and supplication, reflecting the deep spiritual need of the nation. It underscores the importance of intercessory prayer, a theme echoed in the New Testament where believers are encouraged to pray for one another (<a href="/james/5-16.htm">James 5:16</a>).and the LORD answered him. God's response to Samuel's prayer demonstrates His faithfulness and willingness to forgive and restore His people when they turn back to Him. This divine response is a testament to the power of sincere prayer and repentance. It also foreshadows the New Covenant promise that God hears and answers the prayers of His people, as affirmed in 1 <a href="/john/5-14.htm">John 5:14-15</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/samuel.htm">Samuel</a> A prophet and judge of Israel, Samuel is a pivotal figure in the transition from the period of the judges to the establishment of the monarchy. He is known for his dedication to God and his role in anointing the first two kings of Israel, Saul and David. 2. <a href="/topical/s/suckling_lamb.htm">Suckling Lamb</a> The offering of a suckling lamb signifies purity and innocence. In the context of the Old Testament sacrificial system, it represents a complete and unblemished offering to God. 3. <a href="/topical/w/whole_burnt_offering.htm">Whole Burnt Offering</a> This type of offering symbolizes total dedication and surrender to God. It is a sacrifice that is entirely consumed by fire, indicating the worshiper's complete devotion. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant name of God, Yahweh, who is the central figure in Israel's history and the one to whom Samuel directs his prayers and sacrifices. 5. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation chosen by God, often struggling with faithfulness, yet continually called back to repentance and renewal through leaders like Samuel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_intercession.htm">The Power of Intercession</a> Samuel's prayer on behalf of Israel demonstrates the importance and power of intercessory prayer. Believers are encouraged to pray for others, trusting that God hears and responds. <a href="/topical/t/total_surrender_to_god.htm">Total Surrender to God</a> The whole burnt offering signifies complete dedication. Christians are called to offer their lives as living sacrifices, wholly devoted to God's purposes. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_answering_prayer.htm">God's Faithfulness in Answering Prayer</a> The LORD's response to Samuel's prayer is a testament to His faithfulness. Believers can be assured that God listens and answers according to His will. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_renewal.htm">Repentance and Renewal</a> Samuel's actions lead Israel back to God, highlighting the need for continual repentance and renewal in the believer's life. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_spiritual_guidance.htm">Leadership and Spiritual Guidance</a> Samuel's role as a leader and spiritual guide is a model for Christian leaders today, emphasizing the importance of guiding others in faithfulness to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 7</a> <a href="/q/why_did_one_offering_ensure_victory.htm">Why would a single burnt offering (1 Samuel 7:9) miraculously grant the Israelites victory if similar rituals elsewhere did not? </a> <a href="/q/why_is_the_ark_less_central_in_1_sam_7.htm">Why does the Ark of the Covenant play a lesser role here (1 Samuel 7) compared to accounts in earlier chapters?</a> <a href="/q/why_weren't_high_places_removed_in_2_kings_12_3.htm">In 2 Kings 12:3, why were the high places not removed if Jehoash was supposedly following God’s commands? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_1_sam_19_9_fit_a_good_god.htm">How could an 'evil spirit from the Lord' (1 Samuel 19:9) align with a belief in a benevolent God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - And Samuel took a sucking lamb. Samuel now appears as priest, and makes intercession and atonement for them. The lamb was at least seven days old, for so the law required (<a href="/leviticus/22-27.htm">Leviticus 22:27</a>), but probably not much older; for the word, a rare one, occurring elsewhere only in <a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Isaiah 65:25</a>, means something small and tender: this then he offered for a burnt offering wholly unto Jehovah. The A.V. translates in this way because chalil, "whole," is masculine, while olah, "a burnt offering," is feminine; but chalil had in course of time come to be used as a substantive (<a href="/leviticus/6-23.htm">Leviticus 6:23</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/13-16.htm">Deuteronomy 13:16</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/33-10.htm">Deuteronomy 33:10</a>), and is really here in opposition to olah, and so the two together signify "a whole burnt offering," and clearly indicate that the lamb was entirely consumed by fire. Olah means that which ascends, and symbolised devotion and consecration to God. Chalil intensified this signification, and showed that all was God's, and no part whatsoever reserved for the priest or the offerer. And thus then Samuel's burnt offering implied that the people gave themselves unreservedly to Jehovah. And Jehovah heard him. Really, "Jehovah answered him," by the thunder mentioned in ver. 10. For thunder was regarded as God's voice (<a href="/1_samuel/2-10.htm">1 Samuel 2:10</a>), and in <a href="/psalms/29.htm">Psalm 29</a>. we have a poetic description of its majesty and power. Express mention is also made in <a href="/psalms/99-6.htm">Psalm 99:6</a> of Jehovah having thus answered the prayers of Moses (<a href="/exodus/19-19.htm">Exodus 19:19</a>), and of Samuel. <a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/7-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Samuel שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל (šə·mū·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8050.htm">Strong's 8050: </a> Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel took וַיִּקַּ֣ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take a אֶחָ֔ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first suckling חָלָב֙ (ḥā·lāḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2461.htm">Strong's 2461: </a> Milk lamb טְלֵ֤ה (ṭə·lêh) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2924.htm">Strong's 2924: </a> A lamb and offered וַיַּעֲלֵ֧הוּ (way·ya·‘ă·lê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively it as a whole כָּלִ֖יל (kā·lîl) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3632.htm">Strong's 3632: </a> Complete, the whole, as, fully burnt offering עוֹלָ֛ה (‘ō·w·lāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering to the LORD. לַֽיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel He שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל (šə·mū·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8050.htm">Strong's 8050: </a> Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel cried out וַיִּזְעַ֨ק (way·yiz·‘aq) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2199.htm">Strong's 2199: </a> To shriek, to announce, convene publicly to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel on behalf of בְּעַ֣ד (bə·‘aḏ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1157.htm">Strong's 1157: </a> In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc and the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel answered him. וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּ (way·ya·‘ă·nê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> To answer, respond <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/7-9.htm">1 Samuel 7:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/7-9.htm">1 Samuel 7:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_samuel/7-9.htm">1 Samuel 7:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/7-9.htm">1 Samuel 7:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/7-9.htm">1 Samuel 7:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/7-9.htm">1 Samuel 7:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/7-9.htm">1 Samuel 7:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/7-9.htm">1 Samuel 7:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/7-9.htm">1 Samuel 7:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_samuel/7-9.htm">1 Samuel 7:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-9.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 7:9 Samuel took a sucking lamb and offered (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/7-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 7:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 7:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/7-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 7:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 7:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>