1 Samuel 13:20

But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

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Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 13:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The best rendering of the passage is perhaps as follows: “But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen etc. 1 Samuel 13:21 , whe...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 13, 14. Saul's Early Struggles with the Philistines. (J), chiefly from the ancient narrative concerning Saul. Editorial notes, or addition...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

coulter . Anglo-Saxon. a cutter; hence,. plough-share. mattock . a kind of pickaxe, with broad instead of pointed ends.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. But all the Israe...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

All the Israelites went down to the Philistines— That is, all the men of Israel went to such garrisons of the Philistines as were placed in their l...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Saul's War against the Philistines 1. The age of Saul at his accession has fallen out of the text and also one of the two numbers representing the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To sharpen every man his share, and his coulter. — Porsenna, we read, in the time of the wars of the Republic, allowed the Romans iron implements f...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVIII SAUL AND SAMUEL AT GILGAL 1 Samuel 13:1-23 . THE first thing that claims our attention in connection with this chapter is the qu...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Left in the Spoilers' Hands 1 Samuel 13:13-23 Sternly and sorrowfully the old prophet pronounced the sentence of Saul's deposition, and suggest...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

There is some difficulty concerning the opening sentences of this chapter. Some words seem to be omitted, which make it difficult to place the events...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(17) And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the la...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines ,.... Were obliged to go into Palestine, into some one or other of the cities of the Philistines...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. Ver. 20. But a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Israelites went down to the Philistines Not to the country of the Philistines, for that was too far from many parts of the land of Israel; but...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrew scholars consider that either something is missing from verse 1 in the Hebrew manuscripts or that the whole verse was not originally in the te...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Israelites' Low Condition. B. C. 1067....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To the Philistines; not to the land of the Philistines, for it is not said so, and that was too remote; but to the stations and garrisons which the...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 13:1 . A literal rendering of the Hebrew text in this verse would stand thus— Saul was years old when he began to reign, and he reigned, an...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 13:1 . One year two years. The Seventy have not translated this verse. Something is wanting to fill up the sense; and it is supposed to b...
The Biblical Illustrator

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel. The blacksmith’s captivity What a scalding subjugation for the Israelites! The...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SAUL 'S PROBATION AND FAILURE ( CHS . 13-15.). EXPOSITION WAR AGAINST THE PHILISTINES (verse 1-14:46). 1 Samuel 13:1 Saul'...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Oppression of the Philistines
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock. So all the agricult...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Philistines — Not to the land of the Philistines, but to the stations and garrisons which the Philistines retained in several parts of Israel's lan...

²⁰ But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 13:20

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

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 13:20