1Sa 11:1, 2Sa 10:1-2, 12:29-30 | TSK | STEP | Nahash offers them of Jabesh-gilead a reproachful condition. They send messengers, and are delivered by Saul. Saul thereby is confirmed, and his kingdom renewed. Nahash.In the Vulgate this chapter begins thus: {Et factum est quasi post mensem,} "And it came to pass about a month after;" which is also the reading of the principal copies of the Septuagint; and is also found in Josephus, though it appears to be of little authority. Jabesh-gilead. Make.

1 Samuel 11:1

1 Nahash offers them of Jabesh-gilead a reproachful condition.

4 They send messengers, and are delivered by Saul.

12 Saul thereby is confirmed, and his kingdom renewed.

Nahash.In the Vulgate this chapter begins thus: {Et factum est quasi post mensem,} "And it came to pass about a month after;" which is also the reading of the principal copies of the Septuagint; and is also found in Josephus, though it appears to be of little authority.

12:12; Jud 10:7; 11:8-33

Jabesh-gilead.

31:11-13; Jud 21:8,10-25

Make.

Ge 26:28; Ex 23:32; De 23:3; 1Ki 20:34; Job 41:4; Isa 36:16

Eze 17:13

2 Samuel 10:1-2

1 David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash, are villanously treated.

6 The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, are overcome by Joab and Abishai.

15 Shobach, making a new supply of the Syrians at Helam, is slain by David.

AM 2967. B.C. 1037. An. Ex. Is. 454. king.

Jud 10:7-9; 11:12-28; 1Sa 11:1-3; 1Ch 19:1-3

shew kindness.

De 23:3-6; Ne 4:3-7; 13:1-3

Nahash.

1Sa 11:1

as his father.

1Sa 22:3,4

2 Samuel 12:29-30

took.

1Ch 20:2

the weight.If this talent was only seven pounds, as Whiston says, David might have carried it on his head with little difficulty; but this weight, according to common computation, would amount to nearly 114 pounds! Some, therefore, think, that {mishkelah} should be taken for its value, not weight; which renders it perfectly plain, as the worth of the crown will be about 5,074£. 15s. 7d. sterling. The ancients mention several such large crowns, made more for sight than use. Athenæus describes a crown of gold that was 24 feet in circumference; and mentions others that were two, some four, and others five feet deep. Pliny takes notice of some that were no less than eight pounds weight. Besides the crown usually worn, it was customary for kings, in some nations, to have such large ones as described, either hung or supported over the throne, where they sat at their coronation or other solemn occasions.

in great abundance. Heb. very great.