1 Samuel 12:11
in 1 Samuel 12So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
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ASV
And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and ye dwelt in safety.
KJV
And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 12
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Bedan - No such name occurs among the Judges who delivered Israel. Some versions and commentators read “Barak,” the form of the letters of both words being in Hebrew somewhat similar. And Samuel - There is nothing improper or out of place in Samuel mentioning his own judgeship. It had supplied a remarkable instance of God’s deliverance 1Sa 7:12-15; and, as it was the last as well as one of the very greatest deliverances, it was natural he should do so.
This site's exposition
He sold them into the hand of Sisera
on 1 Samuel 12:9-11
The judges named, Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah and Samuel, summarize the cycle of forgetting and crying out that Judges tells in full. Samuel names himself last, counting his own office among the LORD's saving acts, which Albert Barnes calls fitting given how recent that deliverance was.
This site's exposition
Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel
The Berean reads Barak with the Septuagint, and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown add that some versions read Samson for Samuel. The verse ends with Israel dwelling securely. John Wesley drew from it that the people asked for a king at verse 12 when they were already safe.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistCommentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 2 · Written before 604.
proposed
Enumerating these same mercies, he says: "How Jacob entered into Egypt, and our fathers cried out to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and He brought our fathers out of Egypt, and settled them in this place. And because they forgot the Lord their God, He delivered them into the hand of Sisera, the commander of the army of Asshur, and into the hands of the Philistines, and of the king of Moab, and they fought against you.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Secondly, with other scriptures: for among the sons of a more ancient Jair, we meet with one called Bedan, 1 Chron. vii, 17, which name seems here given to Jair the judge, to distinguish him from that first Jair. Safe - So that it was no necessity, but mere wantonness, that made you desire a change.
Perhaps this Bedan guarded and delivered them on one side, at the same time when some other of the judges appeared and acted for them on another side. Some think it was the same with Jair (so the learned Mr. Poole), others the same with Samson, who was Ben Dan, a son of Dan, of that tribe, and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him Be-Dan, inn Dan, in the camp of Can.
And the Lord sent Jerubbaal,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Bedan--The Septuagint reads "Barak"; and for "Samuel" some versions read "Samson," which seems more natural than that the prophet should mention himself to the total omission of the greatest of the judges.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Jerubbaal - That is, Gideon. And Bedan: instead of Bedan, whose name occurs nowhere else as a judge or deliverer of Israel, the Septuagint have Barak; the same reading is found in the Syriac and Arabic. The Targum has Samson. Many commentators are of this opinion; but Calmet thinks that Jair is intended, who judged Israel twenty-two years, Jdg 10:3. Instead of Samuel the Syriac and Arabic have Samson; and it is most natural to suppose that Samuel does not mention himself in this place. St. Paul’s authority confirms these alterations: The time would fail me, says he, to tell of Gideon, of Barak, of Samson, of Jephthah, of David, etc.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְרֻבַּ֣עַל | yerubaal | Jerub-Baal | H3378 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּדָ֔ן | bedan | Bedan | H917 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִפְתָּ֖ח | yiftach | Jephthah | H3316 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל | shemuel | Samuel | H8050 → | 141 times |
| וַיַּצֵּ֨ל | vaiyatzel | and he delivered | H5337 → | 212 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֜ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִיַּ֤ד | miyad | from [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֹֽיְבֵיכֶם֙ | ʾoyeveikhem | enemies your | H341 → | 282 times |
| מִסָּבִ֔יב | misaviv | from round about | H5439 → | 336 times |
| וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּ | vateshevu | and you dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בֶּֽטַח׃ | betach | security | H983 → |
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְרֻבַּ֣עַלJerub-Baal
yerubaalH3378 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בְּדָ֔ןBedan
bedanH917 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יִפְתָּ֖חJephthah
yiftachH3316 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שְׁמוּאֵ֑לSamuel
shemuelH8050 →141 times
וַיַּצֵּ֨לand he delivered
vaiyatzelH5337 →212 times
אֶתְכֶ֜ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מִיַּ֤דfrom [the] hand of
miyadH3027 →1618 times
אֹֽיְבֵיכֶם֙enemies your
ʾoyeveikhemH341 →282 times
מִסָּבִ֔יבfrom round about
misavivH5439 →336 times
וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּand you dwelt
vateshevuH3427 →1079 times
בֶּֽטַח׃security
betachH983 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Judges 6:32So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.
it leads to
- Judges 7:1
Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 11:21
Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you…
- Judges 7:1
Through
Judges 4:6She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten…
it leads to
- Acts 13:47
For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
- Judges 8:18
Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
- Hebrews 11:32
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
- Joshua 19:37
Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,
- Psalms 7:6
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
- Acts 13:47
Through
1 Samuel 7:13So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
it leads to
- Judges 13:1
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
- Judges 13:1
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This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 2; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.