Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
1 Samuel 11:10
the men of Jabesh said To Nahash, in order to lull him into careless security, by leading him to suppose that their efforts to get help had failed.
the men of Jabesh said To Nahash, in order to lull him into careless security, by leading him to suppose that their efforts to get help had failed.
Verse 1 Samuel 11:10. _TO-MORROW WE WILL COME OUT UNTO YOU_] They concealed the information they had received of Saul's promised assistance. They did _come_ out unto them; but it was in a different ma...
TOMORROW - Probably the last of the “seven days’ respite” 1 Samuel 11:3. Their words were spoken in guile, to throw the Ammonites off their guard....
4. THE KING'S FIRST VICTORY AND THE RENEWAL OF THE KINGDOM AT GILGAL CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The victory over Ammon (1 Samuel 11:1)_ 2. The kingdom renewed (1 Samuel 11:12) Nahash the Ammonite encamped aga...
1 SAMUEL 11. SAUL DELIVERS JABESH-GILEAD AND IS MADE KING. (J) continues the ancient narrative, sequel to 1 Samuel 10:16. Putting aside 1 Samuel 11:12, inserted by an editor to connect this chapter wi...
JABESH-GILEAD DELIVERED. 1 SAMUEL 11:4-11 4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. 5 And, behold,...
_AND THEY SAID UNTO THE MESSENGERS THAT CAME, THUS SHALL YE SAY UNTO THE MEN OF JABESH-GILEAD, TO MORROW, BY THAT TIME THE SUN BE HOT, YE SHALL HAVE HELP. AND THE MESSENGERS CAME AND SHEWED IT TO THE...
Their object was to make the attack come on the Ammonites as a complete surprise....
SAUL SUBDUES THE AMMONITES This chapter is entirely in the spirit of the narratives in Judges; from 1 Samuel 11:15, it seems to be independent of 1 Samuel 10 but 1 Samuel 11:12 points back to...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 11 SAUL RESCUES THE TOWN OF JABESH V1 Nahash was an *Ammonite. He went with his army to seize the town of Jabesh in the country of Gilead. Th...
וַֽ יֹּאמְרוּ֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י יָבֵ֔ישׁ מָחָ֖ר נֵצֵ֣א...
CHAPTER XV. _ THE RELIEF OF JABESH-GILEAD._ 1 Samuel 11:1. PRIMITIVE though the state of society was in those days in Israel, we are hardly prepared to find Saul following the herd in the field afte...
THE NEW KING'S GOOD BEGINNING 1 Samuel 11:1 A hundred years before, the Ammonites had been defeated by Jephthah; now they were beleaguering Jabesh-gilead. Help seemed impossible. But when the Spirit...
It would seem as though Saul, going down as he did to his house in Gibeah, did not take up the active responsibilities of the kingship until the Ammonite invasion occurred. This would seem to have sti...
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto (f) you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. (f) That is, to the Ammonites, concealing that they had hope of aid....
_To you, Naas, (Haydock) which they speak in irony, and that the enemy may be off his guard. (Calmet) --- We must thus deceive our passions, that we may not be blinded (Haydock) or slain by them. (St....
(8) And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. (9) And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unt...
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...
As yet all goes well with Saul; he does not take vengeance on those who oppose him. Before his faith is tried, his natural character would gain him favour with men. And now, in those things which have...
THEREFORE THE MEN OF JABESH SAID,.... To Nahash the Ammonite: TOMORROW WE WILL COME OUT UNTO YOU; meaning if they had no help, which they were well assured they should have; but this condition they e...
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. Ver. 10. _Tomorrow we will come out,_] viz., If help come not in the mea...
_Tomorrow we will come out unto you_ They spoke this by way of stratagem, to make the Ammonites easy and secure....
1 Nahash offereth them of Iabesh Gilead a reprochfull condition. 4 They send messengers and are deliuered by Saul. 12 Saul thereby is confirmed, and his kingdome renewed. 1 THEN Nahash the Ammonite...
THE UTTER OVERTHROW OF THE AMMONITES...
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, employing a stratagem which was to make the Ammonites overconfident, TOMORROW WE WILL COME OUT UNTO YOU, AND YE SHALL DO WITH US ALL THAT SEEMETH GOOD UNTO YOU, for t...
The first test of Saul's prowess is made by Nahash, the Ammonite. His name means "serpent" and Ammon means "peoplish." This expression "peoplish" reminds us of humanism, which makes everything of man...
1-11 The first fruit of Saul's government was the rescue of Jabesh-gilead from the Ammonites. To save their lives, men will part with liberty, and even consent to have their eyes put out; is it then...
They did and might reasonably and justly understand their own condition before proposed, 1 SAMUEL 11:3, if none came to save them; which they were not now obliged to repeat, although they conjectured...
1 Samuel 11:10 men H582 Jabesh H3003 said H559 (H8799) Tomorrow H4279 out H3318 (H8799) do H6213 ...
CONTENTS: Saul's victories at Jabesh-gilead. Kingdom renewed at Gilgal. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Saul, Samuel, Nahash. CONCLUSION: Unless the Christian has forsaken his covenant with God, there...
1 Samuel 11:1. _Then Nahash._ Septuagint: “Then within about a month Nahash, &c.” 1 Samuel 11:2. _That I may thrust out all your right eyes._ This was a cruel reply to men who solicited a covenant. Jo...
_And he took a yoke of oxen._ RALLYING TO THE KING’S STANDARD Everything seems to point to this as the time when a decisive blow may be struck. If we are only equal to the situation, we may do someth...
_Then Nahash the Ammonite came up._ THE IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES OF A NATIONAL REJECTION OF GOD In the opening verses of this chapter we see the result of disobedience. Instead of happiness for Israel...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 11:1 Saul’s victory over the Ammonites confirms his kingship. ⇐ ⇔...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 11:10 GIVE OURSELVES UP TO YOU can also mean “march out to you.” The speech of the men is deliberately unclear. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 11:4. “TOLD THE TIDINGS IN THE EARS OF THE PEOPLE.” Either they were not aware of the election of Saul, as Keil supposes, or they did not approve of his appoi...
CONFIRMATION OF SAUL IN THE KINGDOM (1Sa 11:1-15; 1 Samuel 12:1.). EXPOSITION THE DEFEAT OF THE AMMONITES (1
Now in the study last we came to the place where Saul was anointed king over Israel. We remember at the time of his anointing that he was hiding in the stuff. So as Samuel got ready to present, you kn...
1 Samuel 11:2; 1 Samuel 11:3...