1 Samuel 29:1 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 29:1

Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

BSB

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ASV

Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the fountain which is in Jezreel.

KJV

Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

A fountain - Probably, the fine spring Ain-Jalud. It is impossible to say what the special circumstances were which led to the struggle between Israel and the Philistines taking place so far north as the plain of Jezreel. Possibly it was connected with some movements of the Aramaic tribes to the north of Palestine. See 2 Sam. 8.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

A person who compares the Bible account of Saul's last battle with the Philistines, with the region around Gilboa, has the same sort of evidence that the account relates what is true, that a person would have that such a battle as Waterloo really took place. Gilboa, Jezreel, Shunem, En-dor, are all found, still bearing the same names.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְבְּצ֧וּ	vai.yik.be.Tzu	and they gathered	H6908 →
פְלִשְׁתִּ֛ים	fe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
מַחֲנֵיהֶ֖ם	ma.cha.nei.Hem	armies their	H4264 →
אֲפֵ֑קָה	'a.Fe.kah	Aphek towards	H663 →
וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל	ve.Yis.ra.'El	and Israel	H3478 →
חֹנִ֔ים	cho.Nim	[were] encamped	H2583 →
בַּעַ֖יִן	ba.'A.yin	at the spring	H5869 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בְּיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃	be.yiz.re.'El	[is] in Jezreel	H3157 →

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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The walk8

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.

Through
2 Kings 9:30
Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:30
  And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain;…
- Ezekiel 23:40
  Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.
- Ezekiel 24:17
  Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
- 1 Kings 19:1–2
  Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
- 1 Peter 3:3
  Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
Through
1 Kings 20:30
The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
leads to
- 1 Kings 22:25
  Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:24
  Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
Through
1 Kings 21:1
Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
leads to
- Joshua 19:18
  Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

About 1 Samuel

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PlaceNorthern IsraelJezreelAhab's summer capital beside Naboth's vineyard; the city of the dogs' prophecy, where Jezebel fell and Jehu's wheels rolled.

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06About 1 Samuel

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About 1 Samuel