Had appointed - This appointment has of course nothing whatever to do with that made years before 1 Samuel 10:8, the keeping of which is expressly mentioned at the natural time 1 Samuel 11:15. But Samuel had again, on this later occasion, made an appointment at the end of seven days. It seems to have been as a trial of faith and obedience, under which, this time, Saul unhappily broke down.
Verse 1 Samuel 13:8. _HE TARRIED SEVEN DAYS ACCORDING TO THE SET TIME_] Samuel in the beginning had told Saul to wait _seven days_, and he would come to him, and _show him what to do_, 1 Samuel 10:8....
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_...
HAD APPOINTED. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, and Septuagint, read "said". Some codices read "appointed"....
Saul's disobedience and its penalty 8. _the set time that Samuel had appointed_ It seems clear that the historian intends to refer to Samuel's injunction in 1 Samuel 10:8, although in all probability...
_Saul's Presumptuous Sacrifice._ 1 Samuel 13:8-10 8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel _bad appointed:_ but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from...
_AND HE TARRIED SEVEN DAYS, ACCORDING TO THE SET TIME THAT SAMUEL HAD APPOINTED: BUT SAMUEL CAME NOT TO GILGAL; AND THE PEOPLE WERE SCATTERED FROM HIM._ He tarried seven days. Saul was still at Gilga...
Saul at Gilgal would be anxious lest the Philistines should seize Geba and the heights. SAMUEL _had appointed_] The reference is probably to 1 Samuel 10:8....
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 HE TARRIED SEVEN DAYS. — When was this “set time” appointed? It seems difficult at first to refer back to the day of Saul’s mysterious prophetic consecration (1 Samuel 10:8), which took place at l...
_וַ_†_יֹּ֣וחֶל_† ׀ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים לַ † מֹּועֵד֙...
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...
SAUL'S FIRST ACT OF FOLLY 1 Samuel 13:1 The story of a great tragedy! Here was the overcasting of a bright sunrise. The king was certainly subjected to a tremendous test. He had been bidden to wait u...
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 he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were (g) scattered from him. (g) Thinking that the absence of the proph...
Of Samuel. Yet the prophet condemns his proceedings, either because he did not wait till the expiration of the seventh day, (Calmet; St. Ignatius, &c.; Salien) or because he ventured to offer sacrific...
(8) В¶ And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. (9) And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt of...
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 HE TARRIED SEVEN DAYS, ACCORDING TO THE SET TIME THAT SAMUEL HAD APPOINTED,.... He tarried to the seventh day, but not to the end of it, or towards the close of it, as he should have done: BUT SA...
And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. Ver. 8. _And he tarried seven days,_] _i.e., _...
_Some of the Hebrews went over Jordan_ They fled as far as they could from the present danger, even into the country of the two tribes and a half. _All the people followed him trembling_ That is, all...
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...
And he, Saul, TARRIED SEVEN DAYS, ACCORDING TO THE SET TIME THAT SAMUEL HAD APPOINTED, 1 Samuel 10:8; BUT SAMUEL CAME NOT TO GILGAL, not even on the morning of the seventh day; AND THE PEOPLE WERE SCA...
Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice...
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...
8-14 Saul broke the order expressly given by Samuel, see ch. 1 Samuel 10:8, as to what should be done in cases of extremity. Saul offered sacrifice without Samuel, and did it himself, though he was n...
SEVEN DAYS; not seven complete days; for that the last day was not finished plainly appears from Samuel's reproof, which had then been groundless and absurd, and he had falsely charged Saul with break...
1 Samuel 13:8 waited H3176 (H8686) (H8675) H3176 (H8735) seven H7651 days H3117 set H4150 Samuel...
1 Samuel 13:8 _(with 1 Timothy 1:16)_ King Saul had been expressly charged to await the coming of the prophet to offer an offering in Gilgal. It was a trial of fidelity and obedience. If Saul really...
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...
_And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed._ THE IMPATIENCE OF MAN AND THE LONG-SUFFERING OF CHRIST (with 1 Timothy 1:16):--The figure of Samuel is scarcely ever...
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 10:8...
Seven days — Not seven compleat days; for the last day was not finished....