Verse 6
(6) Wheresoever.—As long as . . . Literally, In all that . . .
With (in) all Israel.—Samuel, “in (among) all the sons of Israel.” (Comp. Leviticus 26:11-12; Deuteronomy 23:15.)
The judges of Israel.—Samuel has “tribes.” The term “judges” would be more intelligible in later times, and has probably been substituted for the more difficult original expression. The following clause seems to refer to individual rulers, but is not really incompatible with a reference to the ascendency or hegemony of different tribes at different epochs of Israelite history. (Comp. Genesis 49:10; 1 Chronicles 28:4; Psalms 78:67-68.) The word “tribe” (shçbet) might only denote clan, or house, as in Judges 20:12 (Heb.).
To feed.—Shepherd, or tend—i.e., to govern. (Comp. Psalms 78:71.)
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