Verse 1 Samuel 13:10. Behold, Samuel came] Samuel was punctual to his appointment; one hour longer of delay would have prevented every evil, and by it no good would have been lost. How often are the effects of precipitation fatal!
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_...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos.App-6._ SALUTE. bless....
_Samuel came_ Perhaps before Saul had had time to offer the peace-offerings....
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 IT CAME TO PASS, THAT AS SOON AS HE HAD MADE AN END OF OFFERING THE BURNT OFFERING, BEHOLD, SAMUEL CAME; AND SAUL WENT OUT TO MEET HIM, THAT HE MIGHT SALUTE HIM._ No JFB commentary on these vers...
13:10 salute (a-29) Lit. 'bless.'...
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...
BEHOLD, SAMUEL CAME. — Scarcely does the sacrificial ceremony appear to have been completed when the seer appeared on the scene. It was the seventh day, according to the solemn injunction given to th...
וַ יְהִ֗י כְּ כַלֹּתֹו֙ לְ הַעֲלֹ֣ות הָ
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...
(10) And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. (11) And Samuel said, What ha...
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 IT CAME TO PASS, THAT AS SOON AS HE HAD MADE AN END OF OFFERING THE BURN OFFERING,.... And before he could offer the peace offerings: BEHOLD, SAMUEL CAME; and it was told Saul that he was come:...
And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. Ver. 10. _And it came to pass, th...
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 it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came, evidently still before the close of the seventh day; AND SAUL WENT OUT TO MEET HIM THAT HE...
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...
SALUTE HIM: _ Heb._ bless him...
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...
BEHOLD, SAMUEL CAME, i.e. it was told Saul, Behold, Samuel is coming. SALUTE HIM, i.e. congratulate his coming. This he did, partly out of custom; and partly, that by this testimony of his affection a...
1 Samuel 13:10 finished H3615 (H8763) presenting H5927 (H8687) offering H5930 Samuel H8050 came H935 (H8802) Saul
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 13:8 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—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 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 15:13; Psalms 129:8; Ruth 2:4...