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Verse 1 Samuel 13:20. _BUT ALL THE ISRAELITES WENT DOWN TO THE
PHILISTINES_] We find from this that they did not grant them as much
as Porsenna did to the Romans; he permitted the people to manufactur...
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The best rendering of the passage is perhaps as follows: “But all
the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen etc. 1 Samuel
13:21, whenever there was bluntness of edge to their shares and
c...
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6. THE FIRST FAILURE OF SAUL AND ITS RESULTS
CHAPTER 13
_ 1. The failure of Saul (1 Samuel 13:1)_
2. Samuel's sentence (1 Samuel 13:10)
3. Israel's deplorable condition (1 Samuel 13:15)
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1 SAMUEL 13, 14. SAUL'S EARLY STRUGGLES WITH THE PHILISTINES. (J),
chiefly from the ancient narrative concerning Saul. Editorial notes,
or additions from other sources, are 1 Samuel 13:1; 1 Samuel 7_...
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COULTER. Anglo-Saxon. _a cutter;_ hence,. plough-share.
MATTOCK. a kind of pickaxe, with broad instead of pointed ends....
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The disarmament of the Israelites
19. _Now there was no smith found_, &c. A signal proof of the severity
of the Philistine oppression, and the difficulties against which Saul
had to contend. This gene...
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_to sharpen_ The word signifies "to sharpen _by forging_."
_his share_, &c. The agricultural implements mentioned cannot be
identified with any certainty. The words rendered "share" and
"mattock" are...
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ALL THE ISRAELITES WENT DOWN TO THE PHILISTINES— That is, all the
men of Israel went to such garrisons of the Philistines as were placed
in their land; for we are not to suppose, that the Israelites w...
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_The Battle Pitched._ 1 Samuel 13:17-23
17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three
companies; one company turned unto the way _that leadeth_ to Ophrah,
unto the land of Shua...
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_BUT ALL THE ISRAELITES WENT DOWN TO THE PHILISTINES, TO SHARPEN EVERY
MAN HIS SHARE, AND HIS COULTER, AND HIS AXE, AND HIS MATTOCK._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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SAUL'S WAR AGAINST THE PHILISTINES
1. The age of Saul at his accession has fallen out of the text and
also one of the two numbers representing the length of his reign. Our
present text is 'Saul was.....
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 13
JONATHAN ATTACKS THE *PHILISTINES
V1 Saul was 30 years old when he became king. He was the king of
*Israel for 42 years. V2 Saul chose 300...
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TO SHARPEN EVERY MAN HIS SHARE, AND HIS COULTER. — Porsenna, we
read, in the time of the wars of the Republic, allowed the Romans iron
implements for agriculture only. _Coulter. — _In Isaiah 2:4; Joel...
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וַ יֵּרְד֥וּ כָל ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַ
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים...
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CHAPTER XVIII
_ SAUL AND SAMUEL AT GILGAL_
1 Samuel 13:1.
THE first thing that claims our attention in connection with this
chapter is the question of dates involved in the first verse. In the
Autho...
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LEFT IN THE SPOILERS' HANDS
1 Samuel 13:13
Sternly and sorrowfully the old prophet pronounced the sentence of
Saul's deposition, and suggested that already God had sought and found
another prince for...
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There is some difficulty concerning the opening sentences of this
chapter. Some words seem to be omitted, which make it difficult to
place the events recorded in their chronological setting. The
Autho...
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All Israel, whom the Philistines had conquered, particularly the
neighbouring tribes. (Calmet) --- They were obliged to go to the
places where the enemy kept garrisons, (Menochius) as they did at
Gaba...
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(17) And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three
companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah,
unto the land of Shual: (18) And another company turned the wa...
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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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Saul reigns two years. He then selects three thousand men: two
thousand are with him, and one with Jonathan. Jonathan, a man of
faith, acts with energy against the enemies of God's people, and
smites...
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BUT ALL THE ISRAELITES WENT DOWN TO THE PHILISTINES,.... Were obliged
to go into Palestine, into some one or other of the cities of the
Philistines, or to their garrisons, where the trade of a smith w...
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But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every
man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
Ver. 20. _But all the Israelites went down._] Which many of them co...
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_The Israelites went down to the Philistines_ Not to the country of
the Philistines, for that was too far from many parts of the land of
Israel; but to their garrisons, which they held among them even...
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1 Sauls selected band.
3 Hee calleth the Hebrewes to Gilgal against the Philistines, whose
garrison Ionathan had smitten.
5 The Philistines great hoste.
6 The distresse of the Israelites.
8 Saul w...
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but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen every
man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock. So all
the agricultural implements which the Israelites used, plowshar...
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THE OPPRESSION OF THE PHILISTINES...
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Hebrew scholars consider that either something is missing from verse 1
in the Hebrew manuscripts or that the whole verse was not originally
in the text. After Saul's victory at Jabesh-Gilead he sent m...
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15-23 See how politic the Philistines were when they had power; they
not only prevented the people of Israel from making weapons of war,
but obliged them to depend upon their enemies, even for instru...
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1 Samuel 13:20 Israelites H3478 down H3381 (H8799) Philistines H6430
sharpen H3913 (H8800) mans H376 plowshare H4282
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CONTENTS: The self-will of Saul. He intrudes into the priests office.
His divine rejection announced.
CHARACTERS: God, Samuel, Saul, Jonathan.
CONCLUSION: Some lay great stress upon the external per...
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1 Samuel 13:1. _One year two years._ The Seventy have not translated
this verse. Something is wanting to fill up the sense; and it is
supposed to be, that Saul was so many years of age when he began t...
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_Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel._
THE BLACKSMITH’S CAPTIVITY
What a scalding subjugation for the Israelites! The Philistines had
carried off all the blacksmiths, and t...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 13:1 In preparing for battle, Saul
disobeys God’s commands given through Samuel. God cannot endure such
a king over Israel.
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 13:19 NO BLACKSMITH (in) ISRAEL. The
Philistines apparently had been able to take over the production of
the kind of metal (probably iron) needed for swords
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1 Samuel 13:1. A literal rendering of the Hebrew text in this verse
would stand thus—_Saul was years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned, and two years over Israel_. The Hebrew numerals have
ev...
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SAUL'S PROBATION AND FAILURE (CHS. 13-15.).
EXPOSITION
WAR AGAINST THE PHILISTINES (verse 1-14:46).
1 SAMUEL 13:1
Saul's age and length of reign. SAUL REIGNED ONE YEAR. This verse lit
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Now Saul reigned for one year over Israel; and in the second year of
his reign, He chose three thousand men of Israel; and he took two
thousand under his command in Michmash and a thousand were given...
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Philistines — Not to the land of the Philistines, but to the
stations and garrisons which the Philistines retained in several parts
of Israel's land, though Samuel's authority had so far over — awed
t...