1 Samuel 11:1
NAHASH] It is very doubtful if this is the Nahash of 2 Samuel 10:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAHASH] It is very doubtful if this is the Nahash of 2 Samuel 10:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAUL SUBDUES THE AMMONITES This chapter is entirely in the spirit of the narratives in Judges; from 1 Samuel 11:15, it seems to be independent of 1 Samuel 10 but 1 Samuel 11:12 points back to 1 Samuel 10:27, which is perhaps distinct from 1 Samuel 10:17 even the ceremony at Grilgal may have been a'... [ Continue Reading ]
COME OUT] a usual term for 'surrender.'... [ Continue Reading ]
So Cincinnatus was found by the messengers of the State with his oxen.... [ Continue Reading ]
Cp. Judges 6:34; Judges 11:29; Judges 14:6, etc., used of a sudden access of fierce patriotic zeal. Both cause and effect are slightly different in 1 Samuel 10:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR OF THE LORD] i.e. a dread inspired by the LORD; RM 'a terror from the LORD.' 9. i.e. before noon: cp. 1 Samuel 11:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
Their object was to make the attack come on the Ammonites as a complete surprise.... [ Continue Reading ]
Saul possessed many good and generous impulses (1 Samuel 24:17; 1 Samuel 26:21).... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY MADE SAUL KING] see prefatory note.... [ Continue Reading ]