Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Samuel 13:17
In three companies; that they might march several ways, and so waste several parts of the country. Ophrah; a city of Benjamin, Joshua 18:23, south-west from Michmash.
In three companies; that they might march several ways, and so waste several parts of the country. Ophrah; a city of Benjamin, Joshua 18:23, south-west from Michmash.
Verse 1 Samuel 13:17. _THE SPOILERS CAME OUT_] The Philistines, finding that the Israelites durst not hazard a battle, divided their army into three bands, and sent them in three different directions...
THE SPOILERS - “The devastator:” the same word is used of the destroying Angel Exodus 12:23. The verse describes the system adopted by the Philistines by which for a time they subjugated the Israelite...
6. THE FIRST FAILURE OF SAUL AND ITS RESULTS CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The failure of Saul (1 Samuel 13:1)_ 2. Samuel's sentence (1 Samuel 13:10) 3. Israel's deplorable condition (1 Samuel 13:15)
1 SAMUEL 13, 14. SAUL'S EARLY STRUGGLES WITH THE PHILISTINES. (J), chiefly from the ancient narrative concerning Saul. Editorial notes, or additions from other sources, are 1 Samuel 13:1; 1 Samuel 7_...
_the spoilers came out_ Lit. THE DESTROYER, the part of the army sent out to harry the country. (_a_) One band of marauders turned northwards to _Ophrah_, A city of Benjamin (Joshua 18:23), conjectura...
The Philistine invasion 15. _And Samuel arose_ The Sept. has a fuller text, which gives the connexion more clearly thus; "And Samuel arose and departed from Gilgal. And the remnant of the people went...
_The Battle Pitched._ 1 Samuel 13:17-23 17 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 Shua...
_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...
SAUL'S WAR AGAINST THE PHILISTINES 1. The age of Saul at his accession has fallen out of the text and also one of the two numbers representing the length of his reign. Our present text is 'Saul was.....
THE SPOILERS] i.e. bands sent out to ravage the country immediately concerned in the insurrection. This unwise weakening of the Philistine forces gave the Israelites their opportunity. OPHRAH] a town...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 13 JONATHAN ATTACKS THE *PHILISTINES V1 Saul was 30 years old when he became king. He was the king of *Israel for 42 years. V2 Saul chose 300...
AND THE SPOILERS CAME OUT. — The compiler of these Books of Samuel does not profess to give a detailed account of this or any of the wars of Saul It would seem that the Philistines, with their great a...
וַ יֵּצֵ֧א הַ מַּשְׁחִ֛ית מִ מַּחֲנֵ֥ה פְלִשׁ
CHAPTER XVIII _ SAUL AND SAMUEL AT GILGAL_ 1 Samuel 13:1. THE first thing that claims our attention in connection with this chapter is the question of dates involved in the first verse. In the Autho...
LEFT IN THE SPOILERS' HANDS 1 Samuel 13:13 Sternly and sorrowfully the old prophet pronounced the sentence of Saul's deposition, and suggested that already God had sought and found another prince for...
There is some difficulty concerning the opening sentences of this chapter. Some words seem to be omitted, which make it difficult to place the events recorded in their chronological setting. The Autho...
_Plunder, seeing that the Israelites durst not come to an engagement. Jonathan took advantage of their absence, chap. xiv. --- Land of Sual, "foxes," not far from the birth-place of Gedeon, Judges vi....
(17) 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: (18) And another company turned the wa...
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...
Saul reigns two years. He then selects three thousand men: two thousand are with him, and one with Jonathan. Jonathan, a man of faith, acts with energy against the enemies of God's people, and smites...
AND THE SPOILERS CAME OUT OF THE CAMP OF THE PHILISTINES IN THREE COMPANIES,.... Saul not daring to come out to fight them, and there being none throughout the land to oppose them, they sent out three...
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: Ver. 17. _And the spoilers came out of t...
_Saul numbered the people, about six hundred men_ A strange alteration since the last year, when, going out against the Ammonites, he had three hundred thousand with him, besides those of Judah, chap....
1 Sauls selected band. 3 Hee calleth the Hebrewes to Gilgal against the Philistines, whose garrison Ionathan had smitten. 5 The Philistines great hoste. 6 The distresse of the Israelites. 8 Saul w...
THE OPPRESSION OF THE PHILISTINES...
And the spoilers, soldiers to whom was assigned the task of plundering and devastating the land of Israel, CAME OUT OF THE CAMP OF THE PHILISTINES IN THREE COMPANIES. ONE COMPANY TURNED UNTO THE WAY T...
Hebrew scholars consider that either something is missing from verse 1 in the Hebrew manuscripts or that the whole verse was not originally in the text. After Saul's victory at Jabesh-Gilead he sent m...
15-23 See how politic the Philistines were when they had power; they not only prevented the people of Israel from making weapons of war, but obliged them to depend upon their enemies, even for instru...
1 Samuel 13:17 raiders H7843 (H8688) out H3318 (H8799) camp H4264 Philistines H6430 three H7969 companies H7218
CONTENTS: The self-will of Saul. He intrudes into the priests office. His divine rejection announced. CHARACTERS: God, Samuel, Saul, Jonathan. CONCLUSION: Some lay great stress upon the external per...
1 Samuel 13:1. _One year two years._ The Seventy have not translated this verse. Something is wanting to fill up the sense; and it is supposed to be, that Saul was so many years of age when he began t...
_The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies._ THE SPOILERS Saul is reproved for his haste, his presumption, and his disobedience. Samuel then departs to Gibeah, and the n...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 13:1 In preparing for battle, Saul disobeys God’s commands given through Samuel. God cannot endure such a king over Israel. ⇐...
1 Samuel 13:1. A literal rendering of the Hebrew text in this verse would stand thus—_Saul was years old when he began to reign, and he reigned, and two years over Israel_. The Hebrew numerals have ev...
SAUL'S PROBATION AND FAILURE (CHS. 13-15.). EXPOSITION WAR AGAINST THE PHILISTINES (verse 1-14:46). 1 SAMUEL 13:1 Saul's age and length of reign. SAUL REIGNED ONE YEAR. This verse lit
Now Saul reigned for one year over Israel; and in the second year of his reign, He chose three thousand men of Israel; and he took two thousand under his command in Michmash and a thousand were given...
1 Samuel 11:11; Joshua 18:23; Joshua 19:3...