1 Samuel 11:7-15

7 He took a yoke of oxen and ¹cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, "²Whoever 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 ³as one man.

8 He numbered them in ⁴Bezek; and the ⁵sons 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, "⁶Tomorrow 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 ⁷in 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, "⁸Who is he that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' ⁹Bring the men, that we may put them to death."

13 But Saul said, "¹⁰Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today ¹¹the LORD has accomplished deliverance in Israel."

14 Then Samuel said to the people, "Come and let us go to ¹²Gilgal and ¹³renew the kingdom there."

15 So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king ¹⁴before the LORD in Gilgal. There they also ¹⁵offered sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

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1 Samuel 11:7-15 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 15

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

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lit "mustered"
[b]. Lit "in your sight"
[c]. Lit "Give"

1 Samuel 11:7-15

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1 Samuel 11:7-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 11

Cross References 15

Footnotes 3