Samuel arose - Saul could not return to his own station at Michmash, seeing it was occupied by the Philistines; so, perhaps by Samuel’s advice (since, according to the text, he preceded him there), he effected a junction with Jonathan at Gibeah. Some would read “Saul” instead of “Samuel.”
Verse 1 Samuel 13:15. _AND SAMUEL AROSE_] Though David, in the Divine purpose, is appointed to be _captain over the people_, yet Saul is not to be removed from the government during his life; Samuel t...
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_...
GILGAL. The Septuagint preserves _a Homceoteleuton_ here, adding after "Gilgal [and the rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the army when they arrived from] Gilgal "; the eye of the scribe g...
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...
_Samuel's Rebuke of Saul._ 1 Samuel 13:11-16 11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and _that_ thou camest not within the days a...
_AND SAMUEL AROSE, AND GAT HIM UP FROM GILGAL UNTO GIBEAH OF BENJAMIN. AND SAUL NUMBERED THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESENT WITH HIM, ABOUT SIX HUNDRED MEN._ Samuel ... gat him ... unto Gibeah., [The Septu...
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.....
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 SAMUEL AROSE. — Although the close union between the prophet and the king was thus disturbed by the unhappy self-willed conduct of Saul, by which he virtually threw away the power which had been c...
וַ יָּ֣קָם שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל וַ יַּ֛עַל מִן ־הַ
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...
And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto (l) Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people [that were] present with him, about six hundred men. (l) And went to his city Ramah....
Samuel. Piscator suspects that we ought to read Saul, as no mention is made of the prophet in the sequel of this war, and he is never consulted. (Calmet) --- Josephus says he returned home. (Haydock)...
(15) В¶ And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. (16) And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and t...
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 SAMUEL AROSE,.... Seemingly in wrath and displeasure, not staying to offer up the peace offerings which remained; and though no mention is made of Saul's going with him, yet it seems as if he did,...
And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people [that were] present with him, about six hundred men. Ver. 15. _Unto Gibeah of Benjamin._] Whither al...
_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...
Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice...
And Samuel arose, after having made this statement, AND GAT HIM UP FROM GILGAL UNTO GIBEAH OF BENJAMIN, the home of Saul. AND SAUL, before continuing his campaign, NUMBERED THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESEN...
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...
PRESENT: _ Heb._ found...
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...
UNTO GIBEAH OF BENJAMIN; whither Saul also followed him, as appears from the next verse; either because it was better fortified than Gilgal; or because he expected a greater increase of his army there...
1 Samuel 13:15 Samuel H8050 arose H6965 (H8799) up H5927 (H8799) Gilgal H1537 Gibeah H1390 Benjamin H1144 Saul...
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...
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—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 13:8 Saul knows he has done wrong, for he starts making excuses (vv. 1 Samuel 13:11). Saul is unable to trust and obey the word of the Lord, so instead he responds to ci
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 13:2; 1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Samuel 13:7; 1 Samuel 14:2...