1 Samuel 14:48
in 1 Samuel 14He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them.
KJV
And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
And having gathered the army, he struck Amalek, etc. It signifies foreign nations alien to the faith and sacrament of the patriarchs' blood, whom Christ overcomes in two ways as enemies of his peace, so that he might rescue spiritual Israel from the hand of …
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistCommentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 4 · Written before 604.
proposed
Because while He draws sinners of every kind to life, He is recognized as triumphing everywhere. The Lord was indeed commanding His soldiers, His princes, to carry out these triumphs when He said: "Go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). He commands the Gospel to be preached to every creature, because He willed that all kinds of men be led to the faith, so that while He displayed the noble triumphs of His kings, He might show them conquering everywhere.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And he gathered an host,....
It is supposed that he acted only defensively against those that used to invade the borders of Israel; and whithersoever he turned himself, as there was occasion, he vexed them, by checking and disappointing them.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Smote the Amalekites - This war is mentioned in the following chapter.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֣עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| חַ֔יִל | chayil | strength | H2428 → | 246 times |
| וַיַּ֖ךְ | vaiyakh | and he defeated | H5221 → | 499 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲמָלֵ֑ק | ʾamalek | Amalek | H6002 → | 39 times |
| וַיַּצֵּ֥ל | vaiyatzel | and he delivered | H5337 → | 212 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מִיַּ֥ד | miyad | from [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| שֹׁסֵֽהוּ׃ ס | shosehu | [those who] plundered it | H8154 → |
וַיַּ֣עַשׂand he did
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
חַ֔יִלstrength
chayilH2428 →246 times
וַיַּ֖ךְand he defeated
vaiyakhH5221 →499 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֲמָלֵ֑קAmalek
ʾamalekH6002 →39 times
וַיַּצֵּ֥לand he delivered
vaiyatzelH5337 →212 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מִיַּ֥דfrom [the] hand of
miyadH3027 →1618 times
שֹׁסֵֽהוּ׃ ס[those who] plundered it
shosehuH8154 →
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
Exodus 17:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
it leads to
- Exodus 34:27
The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 30:1
On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
- 1 Samuel 30:17
And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
- Numbers 24:20
Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
- Numbers 33:2
At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:
- Exodus 34:27
Through
Deuteronomy 25:19When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of…
it leads to
- Exodus 17:14
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
- Deuteronomy 9:14
Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
- Exodus 17:16
“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
- Exodus 17:14
Where this verse is studied
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Studies1
About 1 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 4; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.