1 Samuel 13:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: ”

1 Samuel 13:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.
1 Samuel 13:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 Samue...
1 Samuel 13:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 14:5-6 ); and why "not. sh...
1 Samuel 13:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 found - It is very likely that in the f...
1 Samuel 13:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 co...
1 Samuel 13:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 wa...
1 Samuel 13:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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,...
1 Samuel 13:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVIII SAUL AND SAMUEL AT GILGAL 1 Samuel 13:1-23 . THE first thing that claims our attention in connection with this chapter is the question of dates involved in the first verse. In th...
1 Samuel 13:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Left in the Spoilers' Hands 1 Samuel 13:13-23 Sternly and sorrowfully the old prophet pronounced the sentence of Saul's deposition, and suggested that already God had sought and found another p...
1 Samuel 13:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 Auth...
1 Samuel 13:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 w...
1 Samuel 13:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
1 Samuel 13:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Philistine...
1 Samuel 13:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 J...
1 Samuel 13:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 13:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Israelites' Low Condition. B. C. 1067. 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gi...
1 Samuel 13:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
1 Samuel 13:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 13:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 bega...
1 Samuel 13:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

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, a...
1 Samuel 13:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 13:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Oppression of the Philistines
1 Samuel 13:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 24:14 ; Isaiah 54:16 ; Jeremiah 24:1 ; Judges 5:8

1 Samuel 13:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 13:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 13:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 13:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 13:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 13:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 13:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 13:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 13:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 13:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 13:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 13:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 13:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 13:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 13:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 13:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 13:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 13:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 13:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 13:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 13:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 13:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 13:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge