--- title: "1 Samuel Commentary — MacLaren" description: "Read verse-by-verse commentary and study notes on the Book of 1 Samuel from MacLaren" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel" --- [MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture) # 1 Samuel Select a chapter below to read verse-by-verse commentary and exposition for 1 Samuel. ## Chapters 18 Chapters [3](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/3)[4](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/4)[7](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/7)[8](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/8)[9](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/9)[10](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/10)[12](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/12)[15](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/15)[16](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/16)[17](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/17)[18](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/18)[20](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/20)[24](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/24)[26](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/26)[28](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/28)[29](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/29)[30](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/30)[31](/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel/31) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel","name":"1 Samuel Commentary — MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/maclarens-expositions-of-holy-scripture/1-samuel#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read verse-by-verse commentary and study notes on the Book of 1 Samuel from MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture. 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