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men. Septuagint reads this word in text.
mount. hill country.
every man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
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1 Samuel 13:3 open_in_new
Jonathan. See note on 1 Samuel 18:1.
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1 Samuel 13:4 open_in_new
Gilgal. In the plain of Jordan, east of Jericho, good for water, remote from Philistines, and connected with sacred memories.
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1 Samuel 13:5 open_in_new
thirty thousand... six, &c. Multiples of six. See App-10.
as the sand, &c. Figure of speech Parcemia. App-6.
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1 Samuel 13:6 open_in_new
men. Hebrew. 'ish.. App-14.
distressed. pressed: i.e. into Saul's service. and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. App-6.
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1 Samuel 13:7 open_in_new
the Hebrews went over. Figure of speech Paronomasia (Revelation 6; Revelation 6), `ibrim `abru.
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1 Samuel 13:8 open_in_new
had appointed. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, and Septuagint, read "said". Some codices read "appointed".
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1 Samuel 13:9 open_in_new
offered. offered up. See App-43.
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1 Samuel 13:10 open_in_new
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.App-6.
salute. bless.
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1 Samuel 13:12 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
a. the.
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1 Samuel 13:13 open_in_new
thou hast not. Some codices, with three early printed editions, and Vulgate, read "and hast". Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "because thou
hast". God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
thy kingdom. This possible only with God. sovereign.
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man, &c. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14. Quoted in Acts 13:22.
own heart. his own pleasure. Compare Psalms 89:20; Psalms 89:21.
captain. leader, or representative.
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1 Samuel 13:15 open_in_new
Gilgal. The Septuagint preserves a Homceoteleuton here, adding after "Gilgal [and the rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the army when they arrived from] Gilgal "; the eye of the scribe going back to this last "Gilgal" instead of to the one in 1 Samuel 13:15.
present. found.
men. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
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1 Samuel 13:16 open_in_new
Gibeah. Probably the Geba of 1 Samuel 13:3.
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1 Samuel 13:19 open_in_new
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. shield or spear among 40,000 in Israel" (Judges 5:9). In other days we read of how many "drew sword".
land. Some codices read "bounds".
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1 Samuel 13:20 open_in_new
coulter. Anglo-Saxon. a cutter; hence,. plough-share.
mattock. a kind of pickaxe, with broad instead of pointed ends.
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1 Samuel 13:22 open_in_new
with Saul. with those who were with Saul and Jonathan:. picked force.
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1 Samuel 13:23 open_in_new
garrison. post, or permanent camp.
passage. pass.