1 Samuel 14:48

Listen to 1 Samuel 14:48
48 Obr贸 con valent铆a derrotando a los amalecitas, y libr贸 a Israel de manos de los que lo saqueaban.

1 Samuel 14:48 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 14:48

And he gathered an host
A large army; for after the battle with the Ammonites he disbanded his army, and sent them home, retaining only 3000 men, and these deserted him to six hundred, which were all the men he had with him, when he fought last with the Philistines; but now, finding he had enemies on every side of him, he gathered a numerous host to defend his country against them, and particularly to attack the people next mentioned:

and he smote the Amalekites;
a people that Israel, by the law of God, were bound to destroy, and blot out their name; a particular account of his expedition against them is given in the following chapter:

and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them;
the nations before mentioned, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Syrians, and Philistines.

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1 Samuel 14:48 In-Context

46 Luego Sa煤l subi贸, dejando de perseguir a los filisteos, y los filisteos se fueron a su tierra.
47 Cuando Sa煤l asumi贸 el reinado sobre Israel, luch贸 contra todos sus enemigos en derredor: contra Moab, contra los hijos de Am贸n, contra Edom, contra los reyes de Soba y contra los filisteos; adondequiera que se volv铆a, resultaba vencedor.
48 Obr贸 con valent铆a derrotando a los amalecitas, y libr贸 a Israel de manos de los que lo saqueaban.
49 Los hijos de Sa煤l fueron Jonat谩n, Is煤i y Malquis煤a. Y estos eran los nombres de sus dos hijas: el nombre de la mayor, Merab, y el nombre de la menor, Mical.
50 El nombre de la mujer de Sa煤l era Ahinoam, hija de Ahimaas. Y el nombre del jefe de su ej茅rcito era Abner, hijo de Ner, t铆o de Sa煤l.
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