SAMUEL RESIGNS HIS JUDGESHIP This chapter is a continuation of 1 Samuel 10:17, and the scene of the events recorded is the great national assembly at Mizpeh. Notice, however, the reference to Nahash (1 Samuel 11) in 1 Samuel 10:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SONS] cp. 1 Samuel 8:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS ANOINTED] i.e. Saul the anointed king. This becomes the regular title of the king: cp. 1 Samuel 24:6; 1 Samuel 26:9, etc. The word is identical with 'Messiah' or (in its Gk. form) 'Christ.'... [ Continue Reading ]
_It is_ THE LORD] LXX reads' the LORD is witness.' ADVANCED] RV 'appointed,' i.e. made them the leaders of Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
INTO THE HAND OF SISERA] see Judges 4. INTO THE HAND OF THE KING OF MOAB] see Judges 3.... [ Continue Reading ]
JERUBBAAL] see Judges 6. BEDAN] LXX reads 'Barak.' JEPHTHAH] see Judges 11. SAMUEL] must be a later insertion either by the editor or by a scribe.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THE LORD YOUR GOD _was_ YOUR KING] cp. 1 Samuel 8:7; Judges 8:23. This is not quite in accord with the narrative of 1 Samuel 11 as it stands, where Saul has already been chosen king (1 Samuel 12:12), and where the attack on Nahash results from his own vigorous initiative.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'If ye will fear.. and serve him, and hearken.. and be.. followers.. _well.'_... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAINST YOUR FATHERS] i.e. in the times of the Judges.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEAT HARVEST] This shows that this occurred between the middle of May and the middle of June. In Palestine a summer thunderstorm is very unusual: cp. Proverbs 21:1. Prof. G. A. Smith writes: 'In May showers are very rare, and from then till October, not only is there no rain, but a cloud seldom pas... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR] The first 'for' in this v. is rightly omitted by LXX. 'And turn ye not aside after vain things which,' etc. VAIN _things'_] i.e. idols.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HIS GREAT NAME'S SAKE] The idea is explained in Exodus 32:12... [ Continue Reading ]