1 Samuel 11:9

The distance from Bezek to Jabesh-Gilead would perhaps be about twenty miles.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

And (e) they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by [that time] the sun be hot, ye shall h...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

help . salvation, or deliverance.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall ha...
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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 Ammo...
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 u...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they said unto the messengers that came ,.... From Jabeshgilead, that is, Saul and Samuel said to them, as follows: thus shall ye say unto the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by [that time] the sun be hot, ye shall have...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Distress of Jabesh-Gilead; Saul Succours Jabesh-Gilead. B. C. 1069....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To-morrow, to wit, the day after your departure hence, or return home; for it seems probable that some few days had been spent in the gathering and...
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 Sau...
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....
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 re...
The Biblical Illustrator

And he took a yoke of oxen. Rallying to the King’s standard Everything seems to point to this as the time when a decisive blow may be struck. I...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they, the men representing the army of Israel, said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Utter Overthrow of the Ammonites
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 18:17

⁹ And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help.a And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 11:9

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 11:9