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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 13:19

1 Samuel 13:19. There was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel To this miserable condition the Philistines had reduced them during the forty years’ tyranny which they exercised over them, as we read Judges 13:1. But after Samuel had put an end to that tyranny, by the great overthrow which he gave the Philistines at Eben-ezer, it seems something strange they had not restored their artificers. But the sloth of the Israelites appears in their whole story: and it was not easy, in so... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 13:20-21

1 Samuel 13:20-21 . The Israelites went down to the Philistines Not to the country of the Philistines, for that was too far from many parts of the land of Israel; but to their garrisons, which they held among them even after Samuel had driven the main body of them out of the country. In these, it seems, the Philistines kept all the smiths, and there they allowed them to exercise their art for the uses following. Yet they had a file, &c. They were allowed some proper instruments and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 13:22

1 Samuel 13:22. There was neither sword nor spear This, it seems, must be restrained to the six hundred that were with Saul and Jonathan; for there were, no doubt, a considerable number of swords and spears among the Israelites, but they generally hid them, as now they did their persons, from the Philistines. And the Philistines had not yet attained to so great a power over them as wholly to disarm them, but thought it sufficient to prevent the making of new arms, knowing that the old ones... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 13:23

1 Samuel 13:23. And the garrison of the Philistines went out This probably refers to the garrison mentioned in the beginning of the next chapter. And Michmash seems to have been the name of the garrison, not of the passage: as if it had been said, The garrison of the Philistines in Michmash went out to the passage. For Michmash, it appears, was upon a high hill, as Gibeah was, between which places was a valley, called here a passage, into which the garrison descended to invite the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 13:15-23

War against the Philistines (13:15-14:46)After Samuel left Gilgal, Saul took his troops and joined with the other section of the Israelite army, which was under Jonathan. Together they prepared for the battle against the Philistines (15-18). The Philistines were confident of victory, partly because for many years they had so controlled metal-working activities in the area that the Israelites owned hardly any weapons. This enabled the Philistines to raid throughout Israel without fear of strong... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 13:19

no smith . This explains why Ehud had to make his own dagger (Judges 3:16 ); why Shamgar had only an ox-goad (Judges 3:31 ); why Samson "had nothingin his hand" (Judges 14:5-6 ); and why "not a shield or spear among 40,000 in Israel" (Judges 5:9 ). In other days we read of how many "drew sword". land. Some codices read "bounds". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 13:20

coulter . Anglo-Saxon = a cutter; hence, a plough-share. mattock = a kind of pickaxe, with broad instead of pointed ends. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 13:22

with Saul = with those who were with Saul and Jonathan: a picked force. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 13:23

garrison = post, or permanent camp. passage = pass. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 13:19

CONFISCATING THE WEAPONS OF ISRAEL"Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make for themselves swords or spears"; but every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle; and the charge was a pym for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and a third of a shekel for sharpening the axes and for setting the goads. So on the day of the battle, there was neither... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 13:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 13:20-21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 13:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 13:23

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 13:15-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 13:19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 13:20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 13:22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 13:23

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 13:19

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