As lambs. This comparison is very common, Isaias xl. 11., and Ezechiel xxxiv. 2. But many translate the Hebrew "in Telaim." St. Jerome reads Hebrew c, as, instead of b, in, with greater propriety. Septuagint and Josephus, "in Galgal," which in effect would have been the most proper place for rendezvous. (Calmet) --- Footmen. Vatican Septuagint, "400,000 ranks or standards, (Josephus, men) and Juda 30,000."
Verse 1 Samuel 15:4. _TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND - AND TEN THOUSAND_] The _Septuagint_, in the _London Polyglot_, have FOUR HUNDRED _thousand companies of_ _Israel_, and THIRTY _thousand companies of Judah...
TELAIM - Probably the same as “Telem” Joshua 15:24, one of the uttermost cities of Judah, toward the coast of Edom. The name means “lambs,” and was probably so called from the numerous flocks. TWO HUN...
8. WAR WITH AMALEK: SAUL'S DISOBEDIENCE AND REJECTION CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The commission to destroy Amalek (1 Samuel 15:1)_ 2. Saul's disobedience and rejection (1 Samuel 15:10) 3. Saul's confession ...
XV. THE WAR AGAINST AMALEK; SAUL'S DISOBEDIENCE AND DEPOSITION (E). - A section of a secondary narrative; according to the scheme adopted here, the last section of this document was 1 Samuel 3:3 to 1...
TELAIM. Probably Telem (Joshua 15:24). MEN. Hebrew. _'ish.App-14._...
_in Telaim_ Nowhere else mentioned, unless it is the same as _Telem_(Joshua 15:24), the position of which in the southern border of Judah suits the circumstances. The name means "lambs," and was proba...
The Lord's Rejection of Saul, 1 Samuel 15:1-35. _Saul Sent Against the Amalekites._ 1 Samuel 15:1-6 Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee _to be_ king over his people, over Isr...
_AND SAUL GATHERED THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND NUMBERED THEM IN TELAIM, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FOOTMEN, AND TEN THOUSAND MEN OF JUDAH._ Saul gathered the people together. The alacrity with which he entere...
SAUL'S VICTORY OVER AMALEK. HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND REJECTION Amalek had attacked Israel at Rephidim (Exodus 17:8) and opposed their entrance into Canaan (Numbers 14:45 : cp. Deuteronomy 25:7; They are m...
TELAIM] probably the same as Telem (Joshua 15:24), a town in S. Judah. Men of Judah are thus summoned to the expedition....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 15 GOD REFUSES SAUL AS KING V1 Samuel said to Saul, ‘The *Lord sent me to *anoint you as king over his people, the *Israelites. Now listen to...
IN TELAIM. — Identical with Telem (Joshua 15:24), a place on the south border of Judah, near the region where the Amalekites chiefly dwelt. — _Kimchi_ Telaim, however, signifies “lambs;” probably “Bet...
וַ יְשַׁמַּ֤ע שָׁאוּל֙ אֶת ־הָ עָ֔ם וַֽ
CHAPTER XXI. _ THE FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL_ 1 Samuel 15:1. HERE we find the second portion of God's indictment against Saul, and the reason for his final rejection from the office to which he had be...
LEADING THE PEOPLE IN DISOBEDIENCE 1 Samuel 15:1 Several years intervened between the preceding chapter and this. The kingdom had become strong and prosperous. It seemed as though Samuel's sentence o...
Saul was commissioned by Jehovah through Samuel to smite Amalek, and it was in connection with this that the sin occurred which filled his cup to the brim and caused him to be rejected. His campaign...
(4) And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. (5) And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley....
We have already seen that the desire and deliberate decision of the people for a king was a direct blow at the government of God in Israel; but the time was come to permit the will of the people to ha...
Nevertheless Saul is put to a final proof. Jehovah, by the mouth of Samuel, sends him to smite Amalek, and utterly destroy them and all that belonged to them. They were the cruel and determined enemie...
AND SAUL GATHERED THE PEOPLE TOGETHER,.... Or "made them to hear" r, by the sound of a trumpet; or by sending heralds into all parts of the land to proclaim the above order of the Lord, and summon the...
And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. Ver. 4. _And numbered them in Telaim._] Called also Telem, a town of J...
1 Samuel sendeth Saul to destroy Amalek. 6 Saul fauoureth the Kenites. 8 Hee spareth Agag and the best of the spoile. 10 Samuel denounceth vnto Saul commending and excusing himselfe, Gods reiection...
THE UNAUTHORIZED ACTION OF SAUL...
And Saul gathered the people together, summoning them for service in war, AND NUMBERED, mustered, THEM IN TELAIM, in the southern country, midway between Beersheba and the Dead Sea, TWO HUNDRED THOUSA...
God had a more solemn controversy with the Amalekites than with the Philistines. The mere formal worship typified by the Philistines is empty; but Amalekite "lusts of the flesh" are a deadly enemy tha...
1-9 The sentence of condemnation against the Amalekites had gone forth long before, Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 25:19, but they had been spared till they filled up the measure of their sins. We are sur...
Who are particularly noted here, as also MALACHI 11:8, either as select persons of extraordinary strength and courage; or to commend that tribe, which, though the kingdom had been promised to their ow...
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SAUL'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE AMALEKITES AND HIS SACRILEGE WITH REGARD TO THE DEVOTED THINGS (1 SAMUEL 15:4). 1 Samuel 15:4 ‘ And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred mi...
1 Samuel 15 _(with 1 Timothy 1:19)_ The story of Saul is among the saddest which Scripture anywhere contains. I. Notice first the singular elements of nobleness which are to be traced in his natural...
CONTENTS: Saul's incomplete obedience and his rejection as king. CHARACTERS: God, Samuel, Saul, Agag. CONCLUSION: Some judge many things in their lives, but spare one Agag which the Lord has condemn...
1 Samuel 15:2. _I remember what Amalek did; Numbers 17:8_; and what he has often repeated, in the effusion of innocent blood. He joined Midian, and the children of the east, in a bloody and unprovoked...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:1 The Lord finally rejects Saul as king. ⇐ ⇔...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 15:4 Although the army of JUDAH is mentioned separately (as also in 1 Samuel 11:8), it seems that Judahites in general considered themselves part
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 15:4. “TELAIM.” Most likely the same as _Telem_ (Joshua 15:21; Joshua 15:24), a city lying on the eastern border of Judah, and therefore near the territory of t...
FINAL REJECTION OF SAUL (1 Samuel 15:1.) EXPOSITION DIVINE COMMAND TO PUNISH THE AMALEKITES, AND ITS EXECUTION BY SAUL ...
Now as we get into chapter fifteen, Samuel came to Saul, and said, The Lord sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel: now hearken unto the voice of the words of the Lord (1 Samue...
1 Samuel 11:8; 1 Samuel 13:15; Joshua 15:24...
TO OBEY IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE 1 Samuel 15:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Disobedience is black with the frown of God. Sin is the transgression of the Law. Disobedience is taking one's own way, as against...