1 Samuel 11:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. ”

1 Samuel 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He numbered them - This was done to see who was absent (compare Judges 21:9 ). Bezek has been conjectured to be the name of a district rather than of a town. Two villages retained the name in...
1 Samuel 11:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 11. Saul Delivers Jabesh-gilead and Is Made King. (J) continues the ancient narrative, sequel to 1 Samuel 10:16 . Putting aside 1 Samuel 11:12-14 , inserted by an editor to connect this...
1 Samuel 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . sons. men . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
1 Samuel 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. The children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah...
1 Samuel 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and...
1 Samuel 11:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Saul subdues the Ammonites This chapter is entirely in the spirit of the narratives in Judges; from 1 Samuel 11:15 , it seems to be independent of 1 Samuel 10 but 1 Samuel 11:12 points back t...
1 Samuel 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bezek. — Bezek was in the tribe of Issachar, in the plain of Jezreel, an open district, well adapted for the assembling of the great host which so promptly obeyed the peremptory summons of the war-...
1 Samuel 11:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XV. THE RELIEF OF JABESH-GILEAD. 1 Samuel 11:1-15 . PRIMITIVE though the state of society was in those days in Israel, we are hardly prepared to find Saul following the herd in the fie...
1 Samuel 11:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the New King's Good Beginning 1 Samuel 11:1-15 A hundred years before, the Ammonites had been defeated by Jephthah; now they were beleaguering Jabesh-gilead. Help seemed impossible. But when th...
1 Samuel 11:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

It would seem as though Saul, going down as he did to his house in Gibeah, did not take up the active responsibilities of the kingship until the Ammonite invasion occurred. This would seem to have st...
1 Samuel 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. (9) And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say un...
1 Samuel 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when he numbered them at Bezek ,.... Which was the place appointed to meet at, the same with that in Judges 1:4 , Judges 1:4 though some take the word to be an appellative, and not, the prop...
1 Samuel 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. Ver. 8. And the men of Judah thirty thousand. ] All which yielded, now...
1 Samuel 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The men of Judah thirty thousand They were numbered apart to their honour, to show how readily they, to whom the kingdom was promised, ( Genesis 49:10 ,) submitted to their king, though of another...
1 Samuel 11:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The first test of Saul's prowess is made by Nahash, the Ammonite. His name means "serpent" and Ammon means "peoplish." This expression "peoplish" reminds us of humanism, which makes everything of man...
1 Samuel 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Distress of Jabesh-Gilead; Saul Succours Jabesh-Gilead. B. C. 1069. 5 And, behold,...
1 Samuel 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This great terror drew so many forth; which is not so strange to him that knows what none deny, that the land of Canaan contained vast numbers of people in a little compass. The men of Judah are nu...
1 Samuel 11:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 11:4 . “Told the tidings in the ears of the people.” Either they were not aware of the election of Saul, as Keil supposes, or they did not approve of hi...
1 Samuel 11:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 11:1 . Then Nahash. Septuagint: “Then within about a month Nahash, &c.” 1 Samuel 11:2 . That I may thrust out all your right eyes. This was a cruel reply to men who solicited a co...
1 Samuel 11:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then Nahash the Ammonite came up. The immediate consequences of a national rejection of God In the opening verses of this chapter we see the result of disobedience. Instead of happiness for Isr...
1 Samuel 11:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

CONFIRMATION OF SAUL IN THE KINGDOM (1Sa 11:1-15; 1 Samuel 12:1-9 .). EXPOSITION THE DEFEAT OF THE AMMONITES ( 1 Samuel 11:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 11:1 , 1 Samuel 11:2...
1 Samuel 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Summoning of the People
1 Samuel 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 13:15 ; 1 Samuel 15:4 ; 2 Chronicles 17:12-19 ; 2 Samuel 24:9 ; Judges 1:4 ; Judges 1:5
1 Samuel 11:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Men of Judah — Who are numbered apart to their honour, to shew how readily they, to whom the kingdom was promised, Genesis 49:10 , submitted to their king, though of another tribe; and how willing...

1 Samuel 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 11:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 11:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 11:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 11:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 11:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 11:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 11:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 11:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 11:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 11:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 11:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes