Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 13:3

3 Yuēnádān gōngjī Jiābā , Fēilìshì rén de fáng yíng , Fēilìshì rén tīngjian le . Sǎoluó jiù zaì biàn dì chuī jiǎo , yìsi shuō , yào shǐ Xībólái rén tīngjian .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 13:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 13:3

And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in
Geba
Not the same with Gibeah of Benjamin, as Jarchi; for it can hardly be thought that Jonathan should place himself with his thousand men where the Philistines had a garrison; or that if this was the same with that in the preceding verse, that it should be called by another name in this; but Gibeah and Geba were two places, as Kimchi observes, both indeed in the tribe of Benjamin, and it is very probable not far from one another; see ( Joshua 18:24 Joshua 18:28 ) . This seems to be the same with the hill of God, where was a garrison of the Philistines, ( 1 Samuel 10:5 ) , who after their defeat by Samuel contented themselves with some strong holds and garrisons in some parts of the land to keep Israel in awe; the Targum understands this of a single person, a governor of the Philistines in this place, whom Jonathan slew, and so Jarchi; and according to R. Isaiah he was one that was appointed to gather the tax for them:

and the Philistines heard of it,
which alarmed them, and made them prepare for war:

and Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land;
not he in person, for he was at Gilgal, as the next verse shows; but he ordered it to be blown, being aware of the preparations the Philistines were making to attack him:

saying, let the Hebrews hear;
both what his son had done, and what the Philistines were doing.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 13:3 In-Context

1 Sǎoluó dēng jī nián sì shí suì . zuò Yǐsèliè wáng Ěr nián de shíhou ,

2 Jiù cóng Yǐsèliè zhōng jiǎnxuǎn le sān qiā rén , èr qiā gēnsuí Sǎoluó zaì mì mò hé Bótèlì shān , yī qiā gēnsuí Yuēnádān zaì Biànyǎmǐn de jī bǐ yà . qíyú de rén Sǎoluó dōu dǎfa gè huí gè jiā qù le .

3 Yuēnádān gōngjī Jiābā , Fēilìshì rén de fáng yíng , Fēilìshì rén tīngjian le . Sǎoluó jiù zaì biàn dì chuī jiǎo , yìsi shuō , yào shǐ Xībólái rén tīngjian .

4 Yǐsèliè zhòngrén tīngjian Sǎoluó gōngjī Fēilìshì rén de fáng yíng , yòu tīngjian Yǐsèliè rén wèi Fēilìshì rén suǒ zēngwù , jiù gēnsuí Sǎoluó jùjí zaì Jíjiǎ .

5 Fēilìshì rén jùjí , yào yǔ Yǐsèliè rén zhēng zhàn , yǒu chē sān wàn liàng , mǎ bīng liù qiā , bù bīng xiàng hǎi bian de shā nàyàng duō , jiù shàng lái zaì bǎi yà wén dōngbiān de mì mò ān yíng .