Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 13:19
There was no smith - This was the result of the fierce inroads described in the preceding verses, and the method adopted to make the Philistine conquests permanent.
There was no smith - This was the result of the fierce inroads described in the preceding verses, and the method adopted to make the Philistine conquests permanent.
Verse 1 Samuel 13:19. _NOW THERE WAS NO SMITH FOUND_] It is very likely that in the former wars the Philistines carried away all the smiths from Israel, as Porsenna did in the peace which he granted...
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_...
NO SMITH. This explains why Ehud had to make his own dagger (Judges 3:16); why Shamgar had only an ox-goad (Judges 3:31); why Samson "had nothingin his hand" (Judges 14:5); and why "not. shield or spe...
The disarmament of the Israelites 19. _Now there was no smith found_, &c. A signal proof of the severity of the Philistine oppression, and the difficulties against which Saul had to contend. This gene...
_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...
_NOW THERE WAS NO SMITH FOUND THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND OF ISRAEL: FOR THE PHILISTINES SAID, LEST THE HEBREWS MAKE THEM SWORDS OR SPEARS:_ Now there was no smith ... throughout ... Israel. The country...
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...
NOW THERE WAS NO SMITH FOUND. — We must allow a year, perhaps two or three, to have elapsed while “Saul and Jonathan... abode in Gibeah,” during which period the Philistine raids went on unchecked, th...
וְ חָרָשׁ֙ לֹ֣א יִמָּצֵ֔א בְּ כֹ֖ל אֶ֣רֶץ
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...
Smith. The Philistines had taken these precautions before Samuel gained the victory over them, and he consented that the people should employ the Philistines as before, when he made peace with them; ...
(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...
NOW THERE WAS NO SMITH FOUND THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND OF ISRAEL,.... The Philistines, when they ruled over them, having removed them into their own country, and forbid any to learn or exercise that tra...
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make [them] swords or spears: Ver. 19. _Now there was no smith found._] For the Philistines...
_There was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel_ To this miserable condition the Philistines had reduced them during the forty years' tyranny which they exercised over them, as we read Jud...
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...
Now, there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears; so the Philistines had removed all smiths out of the whole count...
THE OPPRESSION OF THE PHILISTINES...
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...
This was a politic course of the Philistines, which also other nations have used. So the Chaldeans took away their smiths, 2 KINGS 24:14 JEREMIAH 24:1, JEREMIAH 30:2; and Porsenna obliged the Romans b...
1 Samuel 13:19 blacksmith H2796 found H4672 (H8735) land H776 Israel H3478 Philistines H6430 said H559 (H8804) Heb
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...
_Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel._ THE BLACKSMITH’S CAPTIVITY What a scalding subjugation for the Israelites! The Philistines had carried off all the blacksmiths, and 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 13:19 NO BLACKSMITH (in) ISRAEL. The Philistines apparently had been able to take over the production of the kind of metal (probably iron) needed for swords
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...
2 Kings 24:14; Isaiah 54:16; Jeremiah 24:1; Judges 5:8...