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Verse 1 Samuel 13:12. _I FORCED MYSELF_] It was with great reluctance
that I did what I did. In all this Saul was sincere, but ha was rash,
and regardless of the _precept of the Lord_, which precept...
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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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Saul's disobedience and its penalty
8. _the set time that Samuel had appointed_ It seems clear that the
historian intends to refer to Samuel's injunction in 1 Samuel 10:8,
although in all probability...
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DISCOURSE: 295
SAUL’S IMPATIENCE
1 Samuel 13:11. And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said,
Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou
camest not within the days app...
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_Samuel's Rebuke of Saul._ 1 Samuel 13:11-16
11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw
that the people were scattered from me, and _that_ thou camest not
within the days a...
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_AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT AS SOON AS HE HAD MADE AN END OF OFFERING
THE BURNT OFFERING, BEHOLD, SAMUEL CAME; AND SAUL WENT OUT TO MEET
HIM, THAT HE MIGHT SALUTE HIM._
No JFB commentary on these vers...
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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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וָ אֹמַ֗ר עַ֠תָּה יֵרְד֨וּ
פְלִשְׁתִּ֤ים אֵלַי֙...
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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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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...
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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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Lord, by sacrifices. --- Holocaust. Hebrew, "I forced myself
therefore," &c. It is asked whether Saul offered sacrifice, or caused
it to be offered by the priests. The text seems to assert that he did...
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(10) And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of
offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to
meet him, that he might salute him. (11) And Samuel said, What ha...
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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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THEREFORE SAID I..... That is, within himself:
THE PHILISTINES WILL COME DOWN NOW UPON ME TO GILGAL; on a sudden,
unprepared for them, especially in a religious way:
AND I HAVE NOT MADE SUPPLICATION...
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Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to
Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced
myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
Ver. 12. _And I have n...
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_I saw that thou camest not_ When the seventh day was come, and a good
part of it was past, I concluded thou wouldst not come that day. _I
have not made supplication_ Hence it appears that sacrifices...
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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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therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to
Gilgal, in a sudden descent with superior forces, AND I HAVE NOT MADE
SUPPLICATION UNTO THE LORD, literally, "stroked or entreated His
f...
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Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice...
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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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MADE SUPPLICATION:
_ Heb._ intreated the face...
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8-14 Saul broke the order expressly given by Samuel, see ch. 1 Samuel
10:8, as to what should be done in cases of extremity. Saul offered
sacrifice without Samuel, and did it himself, though he was n...
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I HAVE NOT MADE SUPPLICATION TO THE LORD; hence it appears that
sacrifices were accompanied with solemn prayers. I FORCED MYSELF; I
did it against my own mind and inclination. My conscience told me I...
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1 Samuel 13:12 said H559 (H8799) Philistines H6430 down H3381 (H8799)
Gilgal H1537 supplication H2470 (H8765) to
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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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_I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering._
THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG OF SAUL’S CONDUCT
“I forced myself therefore”; “could not help it”; “my
poverty but not my will consents.” This not...
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_Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou
camest not within the days appointed._
PRINCIPLE AND EXPEDIENCY
What a solemn and impressive condemnation have we here of that far...
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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 13:8 Saul knows he has done wrong, for he
starts making excuses (vv. 1 Samuel 13:11). Saul is unable to trust
and obey the word of the Lord, so instead he responds to ci
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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 Kings 12:26; 1 Kings 12:27; 1 Samuel 21:7; 2 Corinthians 9:7; Amos
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Supplication — Thence it appears, that sacrifices were accompanied
with solemn prayers. Forced myself — I did it against my own mind
and inclination....
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Was Saul rejected by God for offering an unlawful sacrifice (1 Samuel
13:12-13), for disobedience (1 Samuel 28:18), or for consulting the
Witch of Endor (1 Chronicles 10:13)? All of the above. (See co...