1 Sam. 12:11. This Bedan seems to be the same with Jair the Gileadite
of whom we read (Judges 10:3; Judges 10:4), for this Bedan was a
Gileadite, as appears by 1 Chronicles 7:17. But Jair was the only
Gileadite that judged Israel, except Jephthah, who judged Israel next
to him, and is mentioned next... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Sam. 12:15. There is in this and the foregoing verse an opposition
between _being after the Lord, _ as in the foregoing, - _i.e., _
having God going before them and leading them as their Captain and
Savior, - and God's being their enemy, or the hand of God, its being
against them.... [ Continue Reading ]