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Verse 1 Samuel 13:21. _YET THEY HAD A FILE_] The Hebrew פצירה
_petsirah_, from פצר _patsar_, to _rub hard_, is translated very
differently by the versions and by critics. Our translation may be as
li...
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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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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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_Yet they had a file_ So the Targum and some Rabbinic commentators. If
the rendering is correct, the meaning will be that for the ordinary
sharpening of tools they had files, but for any forging work...
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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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_YET THEY HAD A FILE FOR THE MATTOCKS, AND FOR THE COULTERS, AND FOR
THE FORKS, AND FOR THE AXES, AND TO SHARPEN THE GOADS._ YET THEY HAD A
FILE - as a kind of privilege, for the purpose of sharpening...
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13:21 forks, (c-12) Forks of three prongs....
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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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YET THEY HAD, etc.] RM proposes, 'When the edges of the mattocks.. and
of the axes were blunt.' We can hardly imagine that the text as it
stands is to be taken literally after the narrative of 13f....
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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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YET THEY HAD A FILE FOR THE MATTOCKS... — This translation, the
sense of which is not very clear, is supported by the Targum and by
many of the great Hebrew commentators — Rashi, for instance.
Geseniu...
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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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Mended, by the Philistines. (Haydock) --- The Hebrew is variously
translated. "Their implements were like saws; or, they had a file to
sharpen the," &c. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "and the fruits were r...
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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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YET THEY HAD A FILE FOR THE MATTOCKS, AND FOR THE COULTERS, AND FOR
THE FORKS, AND FOR THE AXES,.... Those that would not go to the
Philistines, or were not able, or thought it too much trouble, these...
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Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for
the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
Ver. 21. _Yet they had a file._] This was all the help they allowed
them, "T...
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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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Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for
the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. The verses have
lately been rendered: "But all the Israelites went down to th...
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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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A FILE FOR THE MATTOCKS:
_ Heb._ a file with mouths
TO SHARPEN:
_ Heb._ to set...
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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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So the sense is, They allowed them some small helps to make their
mattocks, and in some sort to serve their present use. But these words
may be otherwise translated, and are so by some learned, both a...
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1 Samuel 13:21 charge H6477 pim H6310 plowshares H855 mattocks H4281
forks H7969 H7053 axes H7134 set H5324 ...
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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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1 Samuel 13:21...