_SAUL REIGNED ONE YEAR; AND WHEN HE HAD REIGNED TWO YEARS OVER ISRAEL,_ Saul reigned one year - literally, a son of a year (was) Saul in 'reigning;' i:e., he had been a king for a year. The transactions recorded in the eleventh and twelfth chapters were the principal incidents comprised in the firs... [ Continue Reading ]
_SAUL CHOSE HIM THREE THOUSAND MEN OF ISRAEL; WHEREOF TWO THOUSAND WERE WITH SAUL IN MICHMASH AND IN MOUNT BETHEL, AND A THOUSAND WERE WITH JONATHAN IN GIBEAH OF BENJAMIN: AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE HE SENT EVERY MAN TO HIS TENT._ Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel. This hand of picked men... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JONATHAN SMOTE THE GARRISON OF THE PHILISTINES THAT WAS IN GEBA, AND THE PHILISTINES HEARD OF IT. AND_ _ SAUL BLEW THE TRUMPET THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND, SAYING, LET THE HEBREWS HEAR._ Jonathan (God-given) smote the garrison of the Philistines ... in Geba. Geba and Gibeah were towns in Benjamin... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL ISRAEL HEARD SAY THAT SAUL HAD SMITTEN A GARRISON OF THE PHILISTINES AND THAT ISRAEL ALSO WAS HAD IN_ _ AND ALL ISRAEL HEARD SAY THAT SAUL HAD SMITTEN A GARRISON OF THE PHILISTINES, AND THAT ISRAEL ALSO WAS HAD IN ABOMINATION WITH THE PHILISTINES. AND THE PEOPLE WERE CALLED TOGETHER AFTER S... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PHILISTINES GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER TO FIGHT WITH ISRAEL, THIRTY THOUSAND CHARIOTS, AND SIX THOUSAND HORSEMEN, AND PEOPLE AS THE SAND WHICH IS ON THE SEA SHORE IN MULTITUDE: AND THEY CAME UP, AND PITCHED IN MICHMASH, EASTWARD FROM BETHAVEN._ Thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN THE MEN OF ISRAEL SAW THAT THEY WERE IN A STRAIT, (FOR THE PEOPLE WERE DISTRESSED,) THEN THE PEOPLE DID HIDE THEMSELVES IN CAVES, AND IN THICKETS, AND IN ROCKS, AND IN HIGH PLACES, AND IN PITS._ When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait. Though Saul's gallantry was unabated, his s... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SOME OF THE HEBREWS WENT OVER JORDAN TO THE LAND OF GAD AND GILEAD. AS FOR SAUL, HE WAS YET IN GILGAL, AND ALL THE PEOPLE FOLLOWED HIM TREMBLING._ And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead, х_ Wª-`IBRIYM_ (H5680) _ `AABªRUW_ (H5674); Septuagint, reading wª`obªriym,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE TARRIED SEVEN DAYS, ACCORDING TO THE SET TIME THAT SAMUEL HAD APPOINTED: BUT SAMUEL CAME NOT TO GILGAL; AND THE PEOPLE WERE SCATTERED FROM HIM._ He tarried seven days. Saul was still at Gilgal, in the eastern borders of his kingdom, in the valley of Jordan. ACCORDING TO THE SET TIME THAT... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAUL SAID, BRING HITHER A BURNT OFFERING TO ME, AND PEACE OFFERINGS. AND HE OFFERED THE BURNT OFFERING._ Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. Saul, though patriotic enough in his own way, was more ambitious of gaining the glory of a triumph to himself than ascri... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT AS SOON AS HE HAD MADE AN END OF OFFERING THE BURNT OFFERING, BEHOLD, SAMUEL CAME; AND SAUL WENT OUT TO MEET HIM, THAT HE MIGHT SALUTE HIM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT NOW THY KINGDOM SHALL NOT CONTINUE: THE LORD HATH SOUGHT HIM A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART, AND THE LORD HATH COMMANDED HIM TO BE CAPTAIN OVER HIS PEOPLE, BECAUSE THOU HAST NOT KEPT THAT WHICH THE LORD COMMANDED THEE._ Now thy kingdom shall not continue. Saul had for some time been swerving from h... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAMUEL AROSE, AND GAT HIM UP FROM GILGAL UNTO GIBEAH OF BENJAMIN. AND SAUL NUMBERED THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESENT WITH HIM, ABOUT SIX HUNDRED MEN._ Samuel ... gat him ... unto Gibeah., [The Septuagint has: kai anestee Samoueel kai apeelthen ek Galgaloon kai to kataleimma tou laou anebee opisoo... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAUL, AND JONATHAN HIS SON, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESENT WITH THEM, ABODE IN GIBEAH OF BENJAMIN: BUT THE PHILISTINES ENCAMPED IN MICHMASH._ Saul ... abode in Gibeah, х_ Bª-GEBA`_ (H1387)] - in Geba. Saul removed his camp there, either in the hope that, being near his native town, he would... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SPOILERS CAME OUT OF THE CAMP OF THE PHILISTINES IN THREE COMPANIES: ONE COMPANY TURNED UNTO THE WAY THAT LEADETH TO OPHRAH, UNTO THE LAND OF SHUAL:_ The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. Those predatory bands, sallying from Michmash, ravaged through the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ANOTHER COMPANY TURNED THE WAY TO BETH-HORON: AND ANOTHER COMPANY TURNED TO THE WAY OF THE BORDER THAT LOOKETH TO THE VALLEY OF ZEBOIM TOWARD THE WILDERNESS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THERE WAS NO SMITH FOUND THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND OF ISRAEL: FOR THE PHILISTINES SAID, LEST THE HEBREWS MAKE THEM SWORDS OR SPEARS:_ Now there was no smith ... throughout ... Israel. The country was in the lowest state of depression and degradation. The Philistines, after the great victory over... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT ALL THE ISRAELITES WENT DOWN TO THE PHILISTINES, TO SHARPEN EVERY MAN HIS SHARE, AND HIS COULTER, AND HIS AXE, AND HIS MATTOCK._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_YET THEY HAD A FILE FOR THE MATTOCKS, AND FOR THE COULTERS, AND FOR THE FORKS, AND FOR THE AXES, AND TO SHARPEN THE GOADS._ YET THEY HAD A FILE - as a kind of privilege, for the purpose of sharpening various smaller utensils of farming. [The Septuagint, kai een ho trugeetos hetoimos tou therizein;... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO IT CAME TO PASS IN THE DAY OF BATTLE, THAT THERE WAS NEITHER SWORD NOR SPEAR FOUND IN THE HAND OF ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH SAUL AND JONATHAN: BUT WITH SAUL AND WITH JONATHAN HIS SON WAS THERE FOUND._ In the day of battle, х_ BªYOWM_ (H3117) _ MILCHEMET_ (H4421)] (a verbal noun) - in the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE GARRISON OF THE PHILISTINES WENT OUT TO THE PASSAGE OF MICHMASH._ The garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. They were seen to remove their camp from the village to the pass of Michmash - i:e., half a mile or so southeast, to the brow of the cliff overhanging the... [ Continue Reading ]