1 Samuel 13
1 Saul's select band.3 He calls the Hebrews to Gilgal against the Philistines, whose garrison Jonathan had smitten.5 The Philistines' great host.6 The distress of the Israelites.8 Saul, weary of staying for Samuel, sacrifices.11 Samuel reproves him.17 The three spoiling bands of the Philistines.19 The policy of the Philistines, to suffer no smith in Israel. A.M. 2911. B.C. 1093. An. Ex. Is. 398.reigned one year. Heb. the son of one year in his reigning.This verse is variously interpreted; but probably it only means, according to the Hebrew idiom, that, during the first year nothing remarkable occurred; but after two years, (or in the second year of his reign,) the subsequent events took place. Ex 12:5; Mic 6:6; *marg: chose.8:11; 14:52Michmash.Michmash was situated east of Bethaven, or Bethel; and Eusebius says it was in his time a considerable place, about nine miles from Jerusalem, towards Rama. 5,23; 14:5,31; Isa 10:28in Gibeah.10:26; 15:34; Jos 18:28; Jud 19:12; 2Sa 21:6; Isa 10:29 the garrison.10:5; 14:1-6; 2Sa 23:14Geba. or, the hill.Jos 18:24Gaba.Jos 21:17; Isa 10:29; Zec 14:10blew.Jud 3:27; 6:34; 2Sa 2:28; 20:1 was had in abomination. Heb. did stink.Ge 34:30; 46:34; Ex 5:21; Zec 11:8to Gilgal.10:8; 11:14,15; Jos 5:9 thirty thousand chariots.The Philistines had no doubt collected troops in this emergency, from all the surrounding nation; but the number of chariots is immensely large beyond any example, and wholly disproportioned to the number of their cavalry. It is probable, therefore, that for {sheloshim aileph,} "thirty thousand," we should read {shelosh aileph,} "three thousand," with the Syriac and Arabic. as the sand.Ge 22:17; Jos 11:4; Jud 7:12; 2Ch 1:9; Isa 48:19; Jer 15:8; Ro 9:27Beth-aven.14:23; Jos 7:2; 18:12; Ho 4:15; 5:8; 10:5 in a strait.Ex 14:10-12; Jos 8:20; Jud 10:9; 20:41; 2Sa 24:14; Php 1:23in caves.14:11; 23:19; 24:3; Jud 6:2; Isa 42:22; Heb 11:38 the Hebrews.Le 26:17,36,37; De 28:25Gad.Nu 32:1-5,33-42; De 3:12; Jos 13:24-31followed him trembling. Heb. trembled after him.De 20:8; Jud 7:3; Ho 11:10,11 tarried.10:8 he offered.12,13; 14:18; 15:21,22; De 12:6; 1Ki 3:4; Ps 37:7; Pr 15:8Pr 20:22; 21:3,27; Isa 66:3 Saul.15:13salute him. Heb. bless him.15:13; Ru 2:4; Ps 129:8 What hast.Ge 3:13; 4:10; Jos 7:19; 2Sa 3:24; 2Ki 5:25Michmash.2,5,16,23; 14:5; Isa 10:28 said I.1Ki 12:26,27made supplication unto. Heb. intreated the face of, etc. Iforced. 21:7; Ps 66:3; Am 8:5; 2Co 9:7 Thou hast done.2Sa 12:7-9; 1Ki 18:18; 21:20; 2Ch 16:9; 19:2; 25:15,16; Job 34:18Pr 19:3; Mt 14:3,4hast not kept.15:11,22,28; Ps 50:8-15 But now.2:30; 15:28the Lord.16:1,12; 2Sa 7:15,16; Ps 78:70; 89:19,20-37; Ac 13:22captain over.9:16; 2Sa 5:2; 2Ki 20:5; Heb 2:10 Samuel.The LXX. have, "Samuel arose and went away from Gilgal, and the remainder of the people went up along with the men of war after Samuel from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin." This is probably the true reading; for it does not appear that Samuel went to Gibeah, which was Saul's usual residence; and the Hebrew copyist, as Dr. Wall observes, seems to have missed a line, and added to the sentence concerning Samuel, that which ended the sentence concerning Saul. One MS. instead of Samuel, in the beginning of the sentence, reads Saul. present. Heb. found. about six.2,6,7; 14:2 Gibeah. Heb. Gebah.3 in three companies.11:11Ophrah.Jos 18:23Shual.Jos 19:3 Beth-horon.Jos 10:11; 16:3,5; 18:13,14; 1Ch 6:68; 2Ch 8:5Zeboim.Ge 14:2; Ne 11:34; Ho 11:8 there was no.It is probable that the Philistines in the former wars had carried away all the smiths from Israel. Jud 5:8; 2Ki 24:14; Isa 54:16; Jer 24:1 20 a file. Heb. a file with mouths. sharpen. Heb. set.21 there was neither.17:47,50; Jud 5:8; Zec 4:6; 1Co 1:27-29; 2Co 4:7 garrison. or, standing camp.3; 14:4passage.2,5; 14:1,4,5; Isa 10:28
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