1 Samuel 13:8 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 13:8

And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.

BSB

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ASV

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

KJV

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed,.... He tarried to the seventh day, but not to the end of it, or towards the close of it, as he should have done: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; so soon as Saul expected: and the people were scattered from him; many deserted him, the Philistines drawing nigh, and Samuel not coming, as Saul expected, and had given the people reason to expect.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He tarried seven days according to the set time - Samuel in the beginning had told Saul to wait seven days, and he would come to him, and show him what to do, 1Sa 10:8. What is here said cannot be understood of that appointment, but of a different one.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיּ֣וֹחֶל	vai.yi.chel	and he waited	H3176 →
שִׁבְעַ֣ת	shiv.'At	seven	H7651 →
יָמִ֗ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
לַמּוֹעֵד֙	la.mo.'Ed	to the appointed time	H4150 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
בָ֥א	va'	he had come	H935 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
הַגִּלְגָּ֑ל	ha.gil.Gal	<the> Gilgal	H1537 →
וַיָּ֥פֶץ	vai.Ya.fetz	and it scattered	H6327 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
מֵעָלָֽיו׃	me.'a.Lav	from with <the> him	H5921 →

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1 Samuel 10:8
And 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…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 11:14–15
  Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
- 1 Samuel 13:4
  And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 13:8–15
  And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.
- 1 Samuel 15:33
  But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

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Where the connections lead

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