1 Samuel 11:8

1 Samuel 13:15; 1 Samuel 15:4; 2 Chronicles 17:12-19; 2 Samuel 24:9; Judges 1:4; Judges 1:5

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 11:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . sons. men . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
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 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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
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

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...
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

CONFIRMATION OF SAUL IN THE KINGDOM (1Sa 11:1-15; 1 Samuel 12:1-9 .). EXPOSITION THE DEFEAT OF THE AMMONITES ( 1 Samuel...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Summoning of the People
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 11:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 11:8