1 Samuel 11:1, Nahash offers them of Jabesh-gilead a reproachful condition; 1 Samuel 11:4, They send messengers, and are delivered by Saul; 1 Samuel 11:12, Saul thereby is confirmed, and his kingdom renewed.
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1 Samuel 11 — Overview1 Samuel 11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have the first-fruits of Saul's government, in the
glorious rescue of Jabesh-Gilead out of the hands of the Ammonites. Let
not Israel thence infer that therefore they did well to ask a king (God…1 Samuel 11 — Overview1 Samuel 11 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates the distress the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead were in on account of the Ammonites, 1Sa 11:1 upon which they sent messengers to Saul, whose spirit was immediately stirred up to help them, 1Sa 11:4,…1 Samuel 11:1-41 Samuel 11:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe Ammonites were bad neighbours to those tribes of Israel that lay
next them, though descendants from just Lot, and, for that reason,
dealt civilly with by Israel. See Deut. ii. 19. Jephthah, in his time,
had…1 Samuel 11:11 Samuel 11:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeNahash: 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…1 Samuel 11:21 Samuel 11:2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeOn this: 2 Kings 18:31
thrust: Judges 16:21; Exodus 3:6; Proverbs 12:10; Jeremiah 39:7
reproach: 1 Samuel 17:26; Genesis 34:141 Samuel 11:21 Samuel 11:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd Nahash the Ammonite answered them,.... In a very haughty and scornful manner:on this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes; some Jewish writers go into a mystical and…