1 Samuelchapter 11
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A.Nahash demands the right eye of Jabeshvv. 1-5
1 Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.” 2 But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.” 3 “Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.” 4 When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud. 5 Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
B.The Spirit rushes on Saul, and oxen are cut in piecesvv. 6-11
6 When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger. 7 He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they turned out as one man. 8 And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah. 9 So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced. 10 Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.” 11 The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
C.The kingdom renewed at Gilgalvv. 12-15
12 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!” 13 But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.” 14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.” 15 So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
Chapter summary
Nahash the Ammonite besieges Jabesh-gilead and offers terms of deliberate humiliation, a covenant sealed by thrusting out every right eye, for a reproach upon all Israel.
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Chapter summary
Nahash the Ammonite besieges Jabesh-gilead and offers terms of deliberate humiliation, a covenant sealed by thrusting out every right eye, for a reproach upon all Israel.
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Nahash the Ammonite besieges Jabesh-gilead and offers terms of deliberate humiliation, a covenant sealed by thrusting out every right eye, for a reproach upon all Israel. Messengers reach Gibeah and the people weep; Saul is coming behind the oxen from the field. The Spirit of God comes mightily upon him; he hews a yoke of oxen in pieces and sends them through all the borders, and the dread of Jehovah falls so that the people come out as one man. In the morning watch he cuts through the camp till no two Ammonites are left together. When the people demand his detractors' deaths, he refuses: not a man shall be put to death this day.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.
Context
History · Samuel, Nathan, Gad — 1 Samuel overview
- A. 1–5 Nahash demands the right eye of Jabesh
- B. 6–11 The Spirit rushes on Saul, and oxen are cut in pieces
- C. 12–15 The kingdom renewed at Gilgal
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1 Samuel 106 verses
- 1 Samuel 10:8And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”
- 1 Samuel 10:10When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.
- 1 Samuel 10:17After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
- 1 Samuel 10:24Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
- 1 Samuel 10:26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
- 1 Samuel 10:27But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
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1 Samuel 121 verse
- 1 Samuel 12:12But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
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Ezekiel 171 verse
- Ezekiel 17:13He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,
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1 Kings 201 verse
- 1 Kings 20:34Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.
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- 1 Samuel 17:26David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
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Numbers 161 verse
- Numbers 16:14Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”
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Genesis 341 verse
- Genesis 34:14“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
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Judges 21 verse
- Judges 2:4When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.