1 Samuel 14:48 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he gatheredl an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. ”

1 Samuel 14:48 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he gathered an host, and smote the (t) Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. (t) As the Lord had commanded, ( Deuteronomy 25:17 ).
1 Samuel 14:48 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:48 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

an host . Hebrew "power". Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, put for the army which manifested the power. Or, it may be rendered "he wrought mightily".
1 Samuel 14:48 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. Smote the Amalekites - This war is mentioned in the following chapter.
1 Samuel 14:48 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. No JFB commentary on this verse.
1 Samuel 14:48 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:48 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Smote the Amalekites. — Out of the many wars the king waged, this war with Amalek is singled out, for in the new development of Hebrew power by which Saul’s reign was marked this campaign or series...
1 Samuel 14:48 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XX SAUL'S WILFULNESS. 1 Samuel 14:24-51 . 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 app...
1 Samuel 14:48 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Man Who Wrought with God Rescued 1 Samuel 14:36-52 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 o...
1 Samuel 14:48 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:48 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
1 Samuel 14:48 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he gathered an host ,.... A large army; for after the battle with the Ammonites he disbanded his army, and sent them home, retaining only 3000 men, and these deserted him to six hundred, which w...
1 Samuel 14:48 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. Ver. 48. And he gathered a host, ] See on 1 Samuel 14:47 . And delivered Is...
1 Samuel 14:48 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Saul took the kingdom That is, resumed the administration of it, after he had, in a manner, lost it by the Philistines, who had almost got the entire possession of it, and enslaved Israel. And fou...
1 Samuel 14:48 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 14:48 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Amalekites Destroyed. B. C. 1067. 47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fou...
1 Samuel 14:48 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Smote the Amalekites; which is here mentioned only in the general, but is particularly described in the next chapter.
1 Samuel 14:48 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Summary Of Saul's Earlier Reign And Its Successes And Of His Close Family ( 1 Samuel 14:47-52 ). Having demonstrated both Saul's partial success, mainly through the faith of Jonathan, and his pa...
1 Samuel 14:48 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 Jabes...
1 Samuel 14:48 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 14:48 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 safet...
1 Samuel 14:48 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 Sec...
1 Samuel 14:48 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION JONATHAN SMITES THE PHILISTINE GAR - BISON ( 1 Samuel 14:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day. Literally, "And there was a day, and Jonathan," etc.; o...
1 Samuel 14:48 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul's Campaigns
1 Samuel 14:48 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:3-7 ; Deuteronomy 25:19 ; Exodus 17:14

1 Samuel 14:48 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 14:48 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:48 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 14:48 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:48 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 14:48 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:48 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 14:48 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 14:48 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 14:48 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 14:48 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 14:48 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 14:48 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 14:48 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 14:48 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:48 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 14:48 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 14:48 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 14:48 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 14:48 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 14:48 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 14:48 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 14:48 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 14:48 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 14:48 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge