children. sons.
men. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
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...
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...
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...
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 ch...
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 o...
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...
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 p...
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...
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...
(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...
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 tak...
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...
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...
The first test of Saul's prowess is made by Nahash, the Ammonite. His name means "serpent" and Ammon means "peoplish." This expression "peoplish" rem...
The Distress of Jabesh-Gilead; Saul Succours Jabesh-Gilead. B. C. 1069....
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 peo...
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...
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....
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...
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...
CONFIRMATION OF SAUL IN THE KINGDOM (1Sa 11:1-15; 1 Samuel 12:1-9 .). EXPOSITION THE DEFEAT OF THE AMMONITES ( 1 Samuel...
The Summoning of the People
And when he, Saul, numbered them in Bezek, in the Plain of Jezreel, not far from the best northern ford over the Jordan, the children of Israel we...
1 Samuel 13:15 ; 1 Samuel 15:4 ; 2 Chronicles 17:12-19 ; 2 Samuel 24:9 ; Judges 1:4 ; Judges 1:5
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 th...
8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.