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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....
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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)
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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_...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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.....
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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...
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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...
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וְ חָרָשׁ֙ לֹ֣א יִמָּצֵ֔א בְּ כֹ֖ל
אֶ֣רֶץ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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;
...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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THE OPPRESSION OF THE PHILISTINES...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 13:19 blacksmith H2796 found H4672 (H8735) land H776 Israel
H3478 Philistines H6430 said H559 (H8804) Heb
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.
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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
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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...
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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
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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...
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2 Kings 24:14; Isaiah 54:16; Jeremiah 24:1; Judges 5:8...