A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 11 1 Samuel 11:1-3 _Jabesh-gilead attacked._ Israel was seldom free from oppression and opposition. This may have been the meaning of the spies who said, The land,., is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof (Numbers 13:32). Many of the attacks came from neighbors nearby... [ Continue Reading ]
Samuel's Retirement from the Judgeship, 1 Samuel 11:1 to 1 Samuel 12:25. Jabesh-gilead Attacked. 1 Samuel 11:1-3 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. 2 And Nahash the Ammon... [ Continue Reading ]
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, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What _aileth_ the people that they weep?... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Kingship of Saul Renewed._ 1 Samuel 11:12-15 12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who _is_ he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. 13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for today the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel... [ Continue Reading ]