1 Samuel 11:9
in 1 Samuel 11So 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
KJV
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 11
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
when Saul numbered them at Bezek
on 1 Samuel 11:8-10
At Bezek the army numbers 300,000 from Israel and 30,000 from Judah, a count the Septuagint and Josephus each raise. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown place Bezek on the road to the ford Israel must cross to reach Jabesh-gilead. The men of Jabesh promise Nahash to come out the next day, and Adam Clarke notes the promise was kept in a way the Ammonites did not expect.
This site's exposition
by the time the sun is hot
The promise is kept to the hour. Albert Barnes places the attack in the morning watch, between two and six in the morning, after a march from Bezek begun the night before. The slaughter ran until the hottest part of the day, the very time the messengers had named.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church3 voices
And they said to the messengers who came: Thus you shall say, etc. They once said with a living voice to those present, they also speak to us today consulting their writings, the defenders of the Church, and they command to be sent to the …
So the messengers came, and announced to the men of Jabesh, etc. Those who first feared the wiles of the heretics and the thorns of their arguments, later, being strengthened by the consolations of stronger and more learned doctors, promise that they will not come …
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistCommentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 1 · Written before 604.
proposed
10. Such perhaps is what is said to us by the counsel of that wise man: "If the spirit of one having power rises up against you, do not quickly abandon your place" (Eccles. 10:4). The place of each elect person is the position of a good way of life. But when it is permitted, the attacking spirit can have power, because he could in no way assault the hearts of the elect unless the divine dispensation permitted it.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And they said unto the messengers that came,....
This was good news to the besieged Gileadites, whose right eyes had wept themselves dry for their calamities, and now began to fail with looking for relief and to ache in expectation of the doom of the ensuing day, when they must look their last; the greater the exigence the more welcome the deliverance.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The distance from Bezek to Jabesh-Gilead would perhaps be about twenty miles.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems right in your sight.”
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לַמַּלְאָכִ֣ים | lamalakhim | to the messengers | H4397 → | 213 times |
| הַבָּאִ֗ים | habaim | who had come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| כֹּ֤ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| תֹֽאמְרוּן֙ | tomerun | you will say ! | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לְאִישׁ֙ | leish | to [the] man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| יָבֵ֣ישׁ | yaveish | Jabesh | H3003 → | 24 times |
| גִּלְעָ֔ד | gilad | Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
| מָחָ֛ר | machar | tomorrow | H4279 → | 52 times |
| תִּהְיֶֽה־ | tihyeh- | it will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶ֥ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| תְּשׁוּעָ֖ה | teshuah | deliverance | H8668 → | 34 times |
| כְּחֹ֣ם | kechom | like [the] heat of | H2527 → | 10 times |
| הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ | hashamesh | the sun | H8121 → | |
| וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ | vaiyavou | and they went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| הַמַּלְאָכִ֗ים | hamalakhim | the messengers | H4397 → | 213 times |
| וַיַּגִּ֛ידוּ | vaiyagidu | and they told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לְאַנְשֵׁ֥י | leanshei | to [the] men of | H582 → | 566 times |
| יָבֵ֖ישׁ | yaveish | Jabesh | H3003 → | 24 times |
| וַיִּשְׂמָֽחוּ׃ | vaiyismachu | and they were glad | H8055 → | 155 times |
וַיֹּאמְר֞וּand they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
לַמַּלְאָכִ֣יםto the messengers
lamalakhimH4397 →213 times
הַבָּאִ֗יםwho had come
habaimH935 →2568 times
כֹּ֤הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
תֹֽאמְרוּן֙you will say !
tomerunH559 →5305 times
לְאִישׁ֙to [the] man of
leishH376 →1663 times
יָבֵ֣ישׁJabesh
yaveishH3003 →24 times
גִּלְעָ֔דGilead
giladH1568 →134 times
מָחָ֛רtomorrow
macharH4279 →52 times
תִּהְיֶֽה־it will belong
tihyeh-H1961 →3559 times
לָכֶ֥םto <the> you
lakhem
תְּשׁוּעָ֖הdeliverance
teshuahH8668 →34 times
כְּחֹ֣םlike [the] heat of
kechomH2527 →10 times
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁthe sun
hashameshH8121 →
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּand they went
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
הַמַּלְאָכִ֗יםthe messengers
hamalakhimH4397 →213 times
וַיַּגִּ֛ידוּand they told
vaiyagiduH5046 →370 times
לְאַנְשֵׁ֥יto [the] men of
leansheiH582 →566 times
יָבֵ֖ישׁJabesh
yaveishH3003 →24 times
וַיִּשְׂמָֽחוּ׃and they were glad
vaiyismachuH8055 →155 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Psalms 18:17He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
it leads to
- Hebrews 2:14–15
Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
- Job 16:9
His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
- Psalms 142:6
Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
- Psalms 35:10
All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
- Psalms 69:4–14
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
- Hebrews 2:14–15
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.