1 Samuel 14:50 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 14:50

His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.

BSB

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ASV

and the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his host was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

KJV

And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The only other “Ahimaaz” mentioned in Scripture was the son of Zadok the priest. The word “Ahi” (brother) is frequently found in composition in names in the High Priest’s family, e. g. in Ahijah, Ahimelech. It is not improbable that Ahimaaz may have been of this family, as marriages between the reval and priestly houses were not unusual 2Ki 11:2; 2Ch 22:11, and perhaps it may have been owing to such a connection that Ahijah was brought into prominence by Saul.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

There is mention of another wife of Saul's ( 2 Sam. xxi. 8 ), Rizpah, a secondary wife, and of the children he had by her. Of his camp and military actions.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְשֵׁם֙	ve.Shem	and [the] name of	H8034 →
אֵ֣שֶׁת	'E.shet	[the] wife of	H802 →
שָׁא֔וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
אֲחִינֹ֖עַם	'a.chi.No.'am	[was] Ahinoam	H293 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
אֲחִימָ֑עַץ	'a.chi.Ma.'atz	Ahimaaz	H290 →
וְשֵׁ֤ם	ve.Shem	and [the] name of	H8034 →
שַׂר־	sar-	[the] commander of	H8269 →
צְבָאוֹ֙	tze.va.'O	army his	H6635 →
אֲבִינֵ֔ר	'a.vi.Ner	[was] Abner	H74 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
נֵ֖ר	ner	Ner	H5369 →
דּ֥וֹד	Dod	[the] uncle of	H1730 →
שָׁאֽוּל׃	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the…
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:5
  Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them…
- 2 Samuel 20:9–10
  “Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
- Deuteronomy 27:24
  ‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- 1 Kings 2:32
  The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to…
Through
1 Samuel 17:55
As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,”…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:21–22
  When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.
Through
2 Samuel 2:8
Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
leads to
- Genesis 32:2
  When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
- 1 Samuel 17:55
  As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,”…
- 1 Chronicles 8:33
  Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

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Where the connections lead

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Related verses

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About 1 Samuel