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1 Samuel 11:4-14

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4 Then the messengers came 1to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people 2lifted up their voices and wept.
5 Now behold, Saul was coming from the field 3behind 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 4the Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and he became very angry *.
7 He took a yoke of oxen and 5cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, "6Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen." Then the dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out 7as one man.
8 He numbered them in 8Bezek; and the 9sons of Israel were 300,000 * *, and the men of Judah 30,000 *.
9 They said to the messengers who had come, "Thus you shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead *, 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will have deliverance.' " So the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
10 Then the men of Jabesh said, "10Tomorrow 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 11in 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, "12Who is he that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' 13Bring the men, that we may put them to death."
13 But Saul said, "14Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today 15the LORD has accomplished deliverance in Israel."
14 Then Samuel said to the people, "Come and let us go to 16Gilgal and 17renew the kingdom there."
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1 Samuel 11:4-14 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 17

  • 1. 1 Samuel 10:26; 1 Samuel 15:34
  • 2. Genesis 27:38; Judges 2:4; Judges 20:23, 26; Judges 21:2; 1 Samuel 30:4
  • 3. 1 Kings 19:19
  • 4. Judges 3:10; Judges 6:34; Judges 11:29; Judges 13:25; Judges 14:6; 1 Samuel 10:10; 1 Samuel 16:13
  • 5. Judges 19:29
  • 6. Judges 21:5, 8
  • 7. Judges 20:1
  • 8. Judges 1:5
  • 9. Judges 20:2
  • 10. 1 Samuel 11:3
  • 11. Judges 7:16, 20
  • 12. 1 Samuel 10:27
  • 13. Luke 19:27
  • 14. 1 Samuel 10:27; 2 Samuel 19:22
  • 15. Exodus 14:13, 30; 1 Samuel 19:5
  • 16. 1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 10:8
  • 17. 1 Samuel 10:25

Footnotes 5

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