Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 13:5
Thirty thousand chariots, &c. — Most of them, we may suppose, carriages for their baggage, not chariots of war, tho' all their allies were joined with them.
Thirty thousand chariots, &c. — Most of them, we may suppose, carriages for their baggage, not chariots of war, tho' all their allies were joined with them.
Verse 1 Samuel 13:5. _THIRTY THOUSAND CHARIOTS, AND SIX THOUSAND HORSEMEN_] There is no proportion here between the _chariots_ and the _cavalry_. The largest armies ever brought into the field, even b...
THIRTY THOUSAND CHARIOTS - Probably a copyist’s mistake for 300. (Compare, for a similar numerical variation, 1 Chronicles 18:4 with 2 Samuel 8:4.) EASTWARD FROM BETHAVEN - Or more simply “to the east...
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)
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_...
THIRTY THOUSAND... SIX, &c. Multiples of six. See App-10. AS THE SAND, &c. Figure of speech _Parcemia._ App-6....
_thirty thousand chariots_ This reading, though as old as the Sept., is certainly wrong. The number of chariots was always less than that of horsemen, and such an enormous force of chariots is not onl...
THIRTY THOUSAND CHARIOTS.— {_Three thousand chariots._ Syr. Arab.} {_A thousand princes in chariots._ Bucher. Praef.} Houbigant also reads _three thousand;_ a reading, says he, which Bochart has shew...
THE COUNTER-ATTACK OF THE PHILISTINES. 1 SAMUEL 13:5-7 5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the...
_AND THE PHILISTINES GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER TO FIGHT WITH ISRAEL, THIRTY THOUSAND CHARIOTS, AND SIX THOUSAND HORSEMEN, AND PEOPLE AS THE SAND WHICH IS ON THE SEA SHORE IN MULTITUDE: AND THEY CAM...
THIRTY THOUSAND] LXX has '3,000'; the chariots were less in number than the horsemen; cp. 2 Samuel 10:18; 1 Kings 10:26....
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.....
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...
AND THE PHILISTINES GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER TO FIGHT WITH ISRAEL. — The figures here, again, of the numbers of this vast army are perfectly untrustworthy. In the rolls of ancient armies (and we p...
וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים נֶאֶסְפ֣וּ ׀ לְ הִלָּחֵ֣ם עִם...
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...
SAUL'S FIRST ACT OF FOLLY 1 Samuel 13:1 The story of a great tragedy! Here was the overcasting of a bright sunrise. The king was certainly subjected to a tremendous test. He had been bidden to wait u...
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...
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which [is] on the sea shore in multitude: and they ca...
Chariots. This number seems almost incredible, as the Philistines were but a contemptible nation, compared with various others which never brought so many chariots into the field. Zara, king of Ethiop...
(5) And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they...
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...
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...
AND THE PHILISTINES GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER TO FIGHT WITH ISRAEL,.... To prevent their further encroachments on them, and designs against them; for they perceived they intended to cast off their...
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which [is] on the sea shore in multitude: and they ca...
_Thirty thousand chariots_ The Syriac and Arabic copies mention only three thousand chariots, which seems to be the true reading; for there is no foundation for believing that the Philistines could br...
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...
THE INVASION OF THE PHILISTINES...
And the Philistines gathered themselves together, they quickly mobilized an army, TO FIGHT WITH ISRAEL, THIRTY THOUSAND CHARIOTS, or, one thousand, as the text seems originally to have had, AND SIX TH...
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...
1-7 Saul reigned one year, and nothing particular happened; but in his second year the events recorded in this chapter took place. For above a year he gave the Philistine time to prepare for war, and...
THIRTY THOUSAND CHARIOTS: this number seems incredible to infidels; to whom it may be sufficient to reply, that it is far more rational to acknowledge a mistake in him that copied out the sacred text...
1 Samuel 13:5 Philistines H6430 together H622 (H8738) fight H3898 (H8736) Israel H3478 thirty H7970 thousand H505 cha
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...
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...
_Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel._ AGGRESSION UPON THE CAMP OF EVIL The spiritual application of this incident teaches us that every man in the Church is a soldier acting under Divine lea...
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. ⇐...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 13:5 THIRTY THOUSAND CHARIOTS seems to be a very high number. Some ancient Bible manuscripts have “three thousand.” BETH-AVEN is probably the Beth-aven near Ai ...
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...
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
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...
1 Samuel 14:23; 2 Chronicles 1:9; Genesis 22:17; Hosea 10:5; Hosea 4:15
How could the Philistines have an army of 30,000 chariots? PROBLEM: According to this passage, the Philistines gathered together 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen. However, an army of 30,000 chariot...