1 Samuël 11:4

4 Als de boden te Gibea-Sauls kwamen, zo spraken zij deze woorden voor de oren van het volk. Toen hief al het volk zijn stem op, en weende.

1 Samuël 11:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 11:4

Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul
Where he was born, and brought up, and now dwelt; and he being elected king, it brought an honour to the place; and from hence had this name, to distinguish it from the others, and this is the first time it was so called. Now the messengers from Jabesh came hither directly, because they knew that Saul, the chosen king, dwelt here, and the Benjaminites, of all the tribes, had great reason to show regard to them, since it was from thence they had four hundred wives, when they were reduced to six hundred men only, in order to raise up their tribe:

and told the tidings in the ears of the people;
Saul being not at home in the city, but in the fields, they reported to them the hardships their city was under, being besieged by the Ammonites, and threatened that if not relieved in such a time, all their right eyes would be plucked out:

and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept;
moved with sympathy to their brethren, and who by their intermarriage with them were nearly related to them; and who might fear they would not stop there, but having taken that place would march forward, and come to them, and use them in like manner; the thought of which was very distressing to them.

1 Samuël 11:4 In-Context

2 Doch Nahas, de Ammoniet, zeide tot hen: Mits dezen zal ik een verbond met ulieden maken, dat ik u allen het rechteroog uitsteke; en dat ik deze schande op gans Israel legge.

3 Toen zeiden tot hem de oudsten Jabes: Laat zeven dagen van ons af, dat wij boden zenden in al de landpalen van Israel; is er dan niemand, die ons verlost, zo zullen wij tot u uitgaan.

4 Als de boden te Gibea-Sauls kwamen, zo spraken zij deze woorden voor de oren van het volk. Toen hief al het volk zijn stem op, en weende.

5 En ziet, Saul kwam achter de runderen uit het veld, en Saul zeide: Wat is den volke, dat zij wenen? Toen vertelden zij hem de woorden der mannen van Jabes.

6 Toen werd de Geest Gods vaardig over Saul, als hij deze woorden hoorde; en zijn toorn ontstak zeer.