Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 14:47
Took the kingdom — That is, resumed the administration of it, after he had in a manner lost it by the Philistines, who had almost turned him out of it.
Took the kingdom — That is, resumed the administration of it, after he had in a manner lost it by the Philistines, who had almost turned him out of it.
Verse 1 Samuel 14:47. _SO SAUL TOOK THE KINGDOM_] The Targum appears to give the meaning of this expression: "Saul prospered in his government over Israel." And the proofs of his prosperity are immedi...
Compare 2 Samuel 8:15. The preceding narrative shows that before this time Saul had been king in name only, since his country was occupied by the Philistines, and he could only muster 600 men, and tho...
7. JONATHAN'S HEROIC DEED OF FAITH CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Jonathan's victory (1 Samuel 14:1)_ 2. Saul's adjuration and Jonathan's deed (1 Samuel 14:24) 3. Saul's first altar and unanswered inquiry ...
In this section the editor gives a concluding summary concerning Saul as king, before narrating his deposition in the next chapter. In the editor's eyes, Saul ceased to be king _de jure,_ when Samuel...
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in verses: 1 Samuel 14:47. CHILDREN. sons. HE VEXED THEM. he put them to the worse. But Septuagint reads "he was victorious"....
Summary account of Saul's wars and family 47. _So Saul took the kingdom_ The various wars undertaken by Saul whom the people elected king "to go out before them and fight their battles" are here summa...
_Saul's Other Battles and His Family._ 1 Samuel 14:47-52 47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, an...
_SO SAUL TOOK THE KINGDOM OVER ISRAEL, AND FOUGHT AGAINST ALL HIS ENEMIES ON EVERY SIDE, AGAINST MOAB, AND AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, AND AGAINST EDOM, AND AGAINST THE KINGS OF ZOBAH, AND AGAINST...
JONATHAN'S EXPLOIT. THE BATTLE OF MICHMASH. A SUMMARY OF SAUL'S REIGN 3. Ahiah] RV 'Ahijah,' probably merely another form of Ahimelech (1 Samuel 21:1). Melech (king) was one of the titles of Jah or J...
The disastrous ending of the life of Saul must not blind us to his many virtues. The earlier part of his reign was a series of successes. To the end the nation was contented with his rule, and it rema...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 14 V1 A young man carried Jonathan’s *armour. Jonathan was Saul’s son. One day, Jonathan said to the young man, ‘Let us go across to the *Phil...
SO SAUL TOOK THE KINGDOM OVER ISRAEL. — Some expositors closely connect this verse with the successful termination of the Philistine war, considering that it was through this great victory over the na...
וְ שָׁא֛וּל לָכַ֥ד הַ מְּלוּכָ֖ה עַל ־יִשְׂרָ
CHAPTER XX _ SAUL'S WILFULNESS._ 1 Samuel 14:24. THAT Saul was now suffering in character under the influence of the high position and great power to which he had been raised, is only too apparent f...
THE MAN WHO WROUGHT WITH GOD RESCUED 1 Samuel 14:36 In this case the voice of the people was the voice of God. If a man dares to stand alone with God, he cannot be put to shame. If he says of the Lor...
Here we have a picture of Saul, with a part of the army about him, remaining idle in Gibeah. His son Jonathan moved to action by his sense of the degradation of his people, and his conviction of the s...
_Soba, in the north. (Menochius) --- Rohab was the capital of another part of C\'9closyria, 1 Paralipomenon xviii. 3., and 2 Kings x. 6. --- Overcame. We are not to judge of the virtue of a man from h...
(47) В¶ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and a...
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...
But faith in God is always blest; and if God has shewn the effect of unbelief, He also shews its folly, since wherever faith is found, there all His strength is displayed; and then it is the enemy who...
SO SAUL TOOK THE KINGDOM OVER ISRAEL,.... Which seemed to be almost taken from him when he was shut up in Gibeah, and the Philistines ravaged his country at pleasure; but now, having obtained a victor...
So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against t...
_Saul took the kingdom_ That is, resumed the administration of it, after he had, in a manner, lost it by the Philistines, who had almost got the entire possession of it, and enslaved Israel. _And foug...
1 Ionathan, vnwitting to his father, the Priest, or the people, goeth and miraculously smiteth the Philistines garrison. 15 A diuine terrour maketh them beate themselues. 17 Saul not staying the Pri...
Saul's Campaigns...
So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, he was now really established in his royal power, AND FOUGHT AGAINST ALL HIS ENEMIES ON EVERY SIDE, AGAINST MOAB, AND AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, AND AGAINST E...
The Philistines seemed content to intimidate Israel with their tremendous show of strength, rather than to attack Saul. One man, however, is not to be intimidated. Jonathan, in the face of Philistine...
47-52 Here is a general account of Saul's court and camp. He had little reason to be proud of his royal dignity, nor had any of his neighbours cause to envy him, for he had but little enjoyment after...
TOOK THE KINGDOM, i.e. recovered it, and resumed the administration of it, after he had in a manner lost it, partly by Samuel's sentence, 1 SAMUEL 13:14, and partly by the Philistines, who had almost...
1 Samuel 14:47 Saul H7586 established H3920 (H8804) sovereignty H4410 Israel H3478 fought H3898 (H8735) enemies H341
A SUMMARY OF SAUL'S EARLIER REIGN AND ITS SUCCESSES AND OF HIS CLOSE FAMILY (1 SAMUEL 14:47). Having demonstrated both Saul's partial success, mainly through the faith of Jonathan, and his partial fai...
1 Samuel 14 These were evil days for the people of Israel. But it was in these dark days that Jonathan shone so famous. It is yet true that difficulties prove our mettle, and that the greater the har...
CONTENTS: Jonathan's great victory over the Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, Jonathan, armor-bearer, Saul, Ahiah, Abner. CONCLUSION: Let this strengthen the weak and encourage the timid, that no matter...
1 Samuel 14:2. _Under a pomegranate tree._ רמן _Rimmon,_ a rock in the tribe of Judah. Joshua 15:32; Judges 20:47. This reading agrees best with the position of Saul's army, in a place of safety....
_And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people._ GREAT ISSUES HANG ON A KING’S RASH WORD One little sentence, spoken in a moment of passion by King Henry the Second,...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 14:1 This chapter focuses on Saul’s son Jonathan, who will become a friend of David. Jonathan’s act of trust in this chapter is sandwiched between two examples of Saul’s diso...
1 Samuel 14:47. “SO SAUL TOOK THE KINGDOM.” “As Saul had first of all secured a recognition of himself as king on the part of all the tribes of Israel by his victories over the Ammonites at Jabesh (1...
EXPOSITION JONATHAN'S DANGER AND DELIVERANCE (1 Samuel 14:36-9). 1 SAMUEL 14:36 LET US GO DOWN AFTER THE PHILISTINES BY NIGHT. Saul, conscious that he had prevented the victory f
EXPOSITION JONATHAN SMITES THE PHILISTINE GAR-BISON (1 Samuel 14:1). 1 SAMUEL 14:1 NOW IT CAME TO PASS UPON A DAY. Literally, "And there was a day, and
Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man that bear his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison on the other side. But he did not tell h...
1 Kings 11:23; 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Samuel 12:2; 1 Samuel 13:1; 2 K