Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
1 Samuel 13:21
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.
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.
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...
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...
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)
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_...
_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...
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...
_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...
_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...
13:21 forks, (c-12) Forks of three prongs....
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...
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...
וְֽ הָיְתָ֞ה הַ פְּצִ֣ירָה פִ֗ים לַ †...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
THE OPPRESSION OF THE PHILISTINES...
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...
A FILE FOR THE MATTOCKS: _ Heb._ a file with mouths TO SHARPEN: _ Heb._ to set...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 13:21 charge H6477 pim H6310 plowshares H855 mattocks H4281 forks H7969 H7053 axes H7134 set H5324 ...
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...
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...
_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...
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. ⇐...
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
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...
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
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...
1 Samuel 13:21...