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1 Samuel 11:10-15

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10 Then the men of Jabesh said, "1Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you."
11 The next morning Saul put the people 2in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp at the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
12 Then the people said to Samuel, "3Who is he that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' 4Bring the men, that we may put them to death."
13 But Saul said, "5Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today 6the LORD has accomplished deliverance in Israel."
14 Then Samuel said to the people, "Come and let us go to 7Gilgal and 8renew the kingdom there."
15 So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king 9before the LORD in Gilgal. There they also 10offered sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
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1 Samuel 11:10-15 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 11:3
  • 2. Judges 7:16, 20
  • 3. 1 Samuel 10:27
  • 4. Luke 19:27
  • 5. 1 Samuel 10:27; 2 Samuel 19:22
  • 6. Exodus 14:13, 30; 1 Samuel 19:5
  • 7. 1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 10:8
  • 8. 1 Samuel 10:25
  • 9. 1 Samuel 10:17
  • 10. 1 Samuel 10:8

Footnotes 2

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