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1 Samuel 11:1-6

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Saul Defeats the Ammonites

1 Now 1Nahash the Ammonite came up and besieged * 2Jabesh-gilead *; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make 3a covenant with us and we will serve you."
2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "I will make it with you on this condition, 4that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it 5a reproach on all Israel."
3 6The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Let us alone for seven days, that we may send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to deliver us, we will come out to you."
4 Then the messengers came 7to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people 8lifted up their voices and wept.
5 Now behold, Saul was coming from the field 9behind the oxen, and he said, "What is the matter with the people that they weep?" So they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh.
6 Then 10the Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and he became very angry *.
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1 Samuel 11:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 11

This chapter relates the distress the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead were in on account of the Ammonites, 1Sa 11:1-3 upon which they sent messengers to Saul, whose spirit was immediately stirred up to help them, 1Sa 11:4-6, and prepared for it, and came up soon enough for their relief, and slew their enemies, 1Sa 11:7-11, which gained him much honour and reputation among the people, and occasioned the renewal of the kingdom to him, 1Sa 11:12-15.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 10

  • 1. 1 Samuel 12:12
  • 2. Judges 21:8; 1 Samuel 31:11
  • 3. Genesis 26:28; 1 Kings 20:34; Job 41:4; Ezekiel 17:13
  • 4. Numbers 16:14
  • 5. 1 Samuel 17:26; Psalms 44:13
  • 6. 1 Samuel 8:4
  • 7. 1 Samuel 10:26; 1 Samuel 15:34
  • 8. Genesis 27:38; Judges 2:4; Judges 20:23, 26; Judges 21:2; 1 Samuel 30:4
  • 9. 1 Kings 19:19
  • 10. Judges 3:10; Judges 6:34; Judges 11:29; Judges 13:25; Judges 14:6; 1 Samuel 10:10; 1 Samuel 16:13

Footnotes 3

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