Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 14:51
Read, “And Kish the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner, were the sons of Abiel.” Ner was Saul’s uncle.
Read, “And Kish the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner, were the sons of Abiel.” Ner was Saul’s uncle.
7. JONATHAN'S HEROIC DEED OF FAITH CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Jonathan's victory (1 Samuel 14:1)_ 2. Saul's adjuration and Jonathan's deed (1 Samuel 14:24) 3. Saul's first altar and unanswered inquiry ...
In this section the editor gives a concluding summary concerning Saul as king, before narrating his deposition in the next chapter. In the editor's eyes, Saul ceased to be king _de jure,_ when Samuel...
KISH WAS THE FATHER OF SAUL. For the difficulties of this genealogy, see note on 1 Chronicles 8:33....
_Abiel_ It has been conjectured that _Abiel_is the same as _Jehiel_"the father" or founder of Gibeon, 1 Chronicles 9:35, and that _Gibeon_is identical with _Gibeah_; but this is doubtful....
Summary account of Saul's wars and family 47. _So Saul took the kingdom_ The various wars undertaken by Saul whom the people elected king "to go out before them and fight their battles" are here summa...
_Saul's Other Battles and His Family._ 1 Samuel 14:47-52 47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, an...
14:51 Abiel. (d-16) Or 'And Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner ... was the son of Abiel.'...
JONATHAN'S EXPLOIT. THE BATTLE OF MICHMASH. A SUMMARY OF SAUL'S REIGN 3. Ahiah] RV 'Ahijah,' probably merely another form of Ahimelech (1 Samuel 21:1). Melech (king) was one of the titles of Jah or J...
Probably the v. originally ran, 'and Kish the father of Saul and Ner the father of Abner were the sons of Abiel.' Saul and Abner were first cousins. See on 1 Samuel 9:1. There are clearly two accounts...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 14 V1 A young man carried Jonathan’s *armour. Jonathan was Saul’s son. One day, Jonathan said to the young man, ‘Let us go across to the *Phil...
THE SON OF ABIEL. — For “son” the commentators mostly agree we must read _sons._ Kish and Ner, we know, were both sons of Abiel. (See 1 Chronicles 9:35, where, however, the father’s name is given as J...
וְ קִ֧ישׁ אֲבִֽי ־שָׁא֛וּל וְ נֵ֥ר אֲבִֽי
CHAPTER XX _ SAUL'S WILFULNESS._ 1 Samuel 14:24. THAT Saul was now suffering in character under the influence of the high position and great power to which he had been raised, is only too apparent f...
THE MAN WHO WROUGHT WITH GOD RESCUED 1 Samuel 14:36 In this case the voice of the people was the voice of God. If a man dares to stand alone with God, he cannot be put to shame. If he says of the Lor...
Here we have a picture of Saul, with a part of the army about him, remaining idle in Gibeah. His son Jonathan moved to action by his sense of the degradation of his people, and his conviction of the s...
(47) В¶ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and a...
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...
But faith in God is always blest; and if God has shewn the effect of unbelief, He also shews its folly, since wherever faith is found, there all His strength is displayed; and then it is the enemy who...
AND KISH WAS THE FATHER OF SAUL,.... See 1 Samuel 9:1 AND NER THE FATHER OF ABNER WAS THE SON OF ABIEL; this Abiel was the father both of Kish and Ner, and the grandfather of Saul, see 1 Samuel 9:1....
And Kish [was] the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner [was] the son of Abiel. Ver. 51. _And Kish was the father of Saul._] Hence Saul is called Cush the Benjamite, Psalms 7:1 _, title_ as th...
1 Ionathan, vnwitting to his father, the Priest, or the people, goeth and miraculously smiteth the Philistines garrison. 15 A diuine terrour maketh them beate themselues. 17 Saul not staying the Pri...
And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner, the father of Abner, was the son of Abiel....
Saul's Campaigns...
The Philistines seemed content to intimidate Israel with their tremendous show of strength, rather than to attack Saul. One man, however, is not to be intimidated. Jonathan, in the face of Philistine...
47-52 Here is a general account of Saul's court and camp. He had little reason to be proud of his royal dignity, nor had any of his neighbours cause to envy him, for he had but little enjoyment after...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Samuel 14:51 Kish H7027 father H1 Saul H7586 Ner H5369 father H1 Abner H74 son H1121 Abiel H22 Kish -...
FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT SAUL AND HIS LEADING GENERAL WHO WAS RELATED TO HIM (1 SAMUEL 14:49). Saul's ancestry was given in 1 Samuel 9:1. Now we are given his family details, after which we are also give...
A SUMMARY OF SAUL'S EARLIER REIGN AND ITS SUCCESSES AND OF HIS CLOSE FAMILY (1 SAMUEL 14:47). Having demonstrated both Saul's partial success, mainly through the faith of Jonathan, and his partial fai...
1 Samuel 14 These were evil days for the people of Israel. But it was in these dark days that Jonathan shone so famous. It is yet true that difficulties prove our mettle, and that the greater the har...
CONTENTS: Jonathan's great victory over the Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, Jonathan, armor-bearer, Saul, Ahiah, Abner. CONCLUSION: Let this strengthen the weak and encourage the timid, that no matter...
1 Samuel 14:2. _Under a pomegranate tree._ רמן _Rimmon,_ a rock in the tribe of Judah. Joshua 15:32; Judges 20:47. This reading agrees best with the position of Saul's army, in a place of safety....
_And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people._ GREAT ISSUES HANG ON A KING’S RASH WORD One little sentence, spoken in a moment of passion by King Henry the Second,...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 14:1 This chapter focuses on Saul’s son Jonathan, who will become a friend of David. Jonathan’s act of trust in this chapter is sandwiched between two examples of Saul’s diso...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 14:50 ABNER THE SON OF NER, SAUL’S UNCLE. Although it may not be clear from the text, Abner was Saul’s uncle. ⇐
1 Samuel 14:47. “SO SAUL TOOK THE KINGDOM.” “As Saul had first of all secured a recognition of himself as king on the part of all the tribes of Israel by his victories over the Ammonites at Jabesh (1...
EXPOSITION JONATHAN'S DANGER AND DELIVERANCE (1 Samuel 14:36-9). 1 SAMUEL 14:36 LET US GO DOWN AFTER THE PHILISTINES BY NIGHT. Saul, conscious that he had prevented the victory f
EXPOSITION JONATHAN SMITES THE PHILISTINE GAR-BISON (1 Samuel 14:1). 1 SAMUEL 14:1 NOW IT CAME TO PASS UPON A DAY. Literally, "And there was a day, and
Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man that bear his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison on the other side. But he did not tell h...
1 Samuel 9:1; 1 Samuel 9:21...