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The distance from Bezek to Jabesh-Gilead would perhaps be about twenty
miles....
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4. THE KING'S FIRST VICTORY AND THE RENEWAL OF THE KINGDOM AT GILGAL
CHAPTER 11
_ 1. The victory over Ammon (1 Samuel 11:1)_
2. The kingdom renewed (1 Samuel 11:12)
Nahash the Ammonite encamped aga...
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1 SAMUEL 11. SAUL DELIVERS JABESH-GILEAD AND IS MADE KING. (J)
continues the ancient narrative, sequel to 1 Samuel 10:16. Putting
aside 1 Samuel 11:12, inserted by an editor to connect this chapter
wi...
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HELP. salvation, or deliverance....
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_ye shall have help_ Or, DELIVERANCE. The same word is translated
"salvation" in 1 Samuel 11:13, and the cognate verb "save" in 1 Samuel
11:3....
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JABESH-GILEAD DELIVERED. 1 SAMUEL 11:4-11
4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in
the ears of the people: all the people lifted up their voices, and
wept.
5 And, behold,...
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_AND THEY SAID UNTO THE MESSENGERS THAT CAME, THUS SHALL YE SAY UNTO
THE MEN OF JABESH-GILEAD, TO MORROW, BY THAT TIME THE SUN BE HOT, YE
SHALL HAVE HELP. AND THE MESSENGERS CAME AND SHEWED IT TO THE...
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11:9 deliverance (a-23) Lit. 'there shall be salvation for you.'...
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SAUL SUBDUES THE AMMONITES
This chapter is entirely in the spirit of the narratives in Judges;
from 1 Samuel 11:15, it seems to be independent of 1 Samuel 10 but 1
Samuel 11:12 points back to...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 11
SAUL RESCUES THE TOWN OF JABESH
V1 Nahash was an *Ammonite. He went with his army to seize the town
of Jabesh in the country of Gilead. Th...
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TO MORROW, BY THAT TIME THE SUN BE HOT. — That is, about noon the
army of rescue will be at hand. The distance from Bezek to Jabesh was
not much over twenty miles....
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וַ יֹּאמְר֞וּ לַ † מַּלְאָכִ֣ים הַ
בָּאִ֗ים...
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CHAPTER XV.
_ THE RELIEF OF JABESH-GILEAD._
1 Samuel 11:1.
PRIMITIVE though the state of society was in those days in Israel, we
are hardly prepared to find Saul following the herd in the field afte...
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THE NEW KING'S GOOD BEGINNING
1 Samuel 11:1
A hundred years before, the Ammonites had been defeated by Jephthah;
now they were beleaguering Jabesh-gilead. Help seemed impossible. But
when the Spirit...
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It would seem as though Saul, going down as he did to his house in
Gibeah, did not take up the active responsibilities of the kingship
until the Ammonite invasion occurred. This would seem to have sti...
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And (e) they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say
unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by [that time] the sun be
hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed [it] t...
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_Hot. Josephus says, Saul "being seized with the divine spirit,
ordered them to inform the citizens of Jabes, that he would come to
their assistance on the third day, and rout the enemy before the sun...
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(8) And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were
three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. (9) And
they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unt...
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We have already seen that the desire and deliberate decision of the
people for a king was a direct blow at the government of God in
Israel; but the time was come to permit the will of the people to ha...
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As yet all goes well with Saul; he does not take vengeance on those
who oppose him. Before his faith is tried, his natural character would
gain him favour with men. And now, in those things which have...
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AND THEY SAID UNTO THE MESSENGERS THAT CAME,.... From Jabeshgilead,
that is, Saul and Samuel said to them, as follows:
THUS SHALL YE SAY UNTO THE MEN OF JABESHGILEAD: when they returned
unto them, as...
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And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto
the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by [that time] the sun be hot, ye
shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed [it] to th...
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1 Nahash offereth them of Iabesh Gilead a reprochfull condition.
4 They send messengers and are deliuered by Saul.
12 Saul thereby is confirmed, and his kingdome renewed.
1 THEN Nahash the Ammonite...
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THE UTTER OVERTHROW OF THE AMMONITES...
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And they, the men representing the army of Israel, SAID UNTO THE
MESSENGERS THAT CAME, THUS SHALL YE SAY UNTO THE MEN OF JABESH-GILEAD,
TOMORROW, BY THAT TIME THE SUN BE HOT, BEFORE NOON, YE SHALL HAV...
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The first test of Saul's prowess is made by Nahash, the Ammonite. His
name means "serpent" and Ammon means "peoplish." This expression
"peoplish" reminds us of humanism, which makes everything of man...
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HELP:
Or, deliverance...
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1-11 The first fruit of Saul's government was the rescue of
Jabesh-gilead from the Ammonites. To save their lives, men will part
with liberty, and even consent to have their eyes put out; is it then...
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1 Samuel 11:9 said H559 (H8799) messengers H4397 came H935 (H8802) say
H559 (H8799) men H376 Jabesh...
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CONTENTS: Saul's victories at Jabesh-gilead. Kingdom renewed at
Gilgal.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Saul, Samuel, Nahash.
CONCLUSION: Unless the Christian has forsaken his covenant with God,
there...
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1 Samuel 11:1. _Then Nahash._ Septuagint: “Then within about a month
Nahash, &c.”
1 Samuel 11:2. _That I may thrust out all your right eyes._ This was a
cruel reply to men who solicited a covenant. Jo...
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_And he took a yoke of oxen._
RALLYING TO THE KING’S STANDARD
Everything seems to point to this as the time when a decisive blow may
be struck. If we are only equal to the situation, we may do someth...
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_Then Nahash the Ammonite came up._
THE IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES OF A NATIONAL REJECTION OF GOD
In the opening verses of this chapter we see the result of
disobedience. Instead of happiness for Israel...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 11:1 Saul’s victory over the Ammonites
confirms his kingship.
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
1 Samuel 11:4. “TOLD THE TIDINGS IN THE EARS OF THE PEOPLE.”
Either they were not aware of the election of Saul, as Keil supposes,
or they did not approve of his appoi...
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CONFIRMATION OF SAUL IN THE KINGDOM (1Sa 11:1-15; 1 Samuel 12:1.).
EXPOSITION
THE DEFEAT OF THE AMMONITES (1
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Now in the study last we came to the place where Saul was anointed
king over Israel. We remember at the time of his anointing that he was
hiding in the stuff. So as Samuel got ready to present, you kn...
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Psalms 18:17...