7:13 Came no more - That is, with a great host, but only with straggling parties, or garrisons. All the days, and c. - All the days of Samuel that is, while Samuel was their sole judge, or ruler; for in Saul's time they did come.
7:13-17 In this great revival of true religion, the ark was neither removed to Shiloh, nor placed with the tabernacle any where else. This disregard to the Levitical institutions showed that their typical meaning formed their chief use; and when that was overlooked, they became a lifeless service, not to be compared with repentance, faith, and the love of God and man.
