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Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 13:1-23

Chapter 13Now Saul reigned for one year over Israel; and in the second year of his reign, He chose three thousand men of Israel; and he took two thousand under his command in Michmash and a thousand were given to Jonathan under his command the son of Saul in Gibeah: and the rest of the people he sent to their own tents. And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 13:1-23

1 Samuel 13:1-2 . One year two years. The Seventy have not translated this verse. Something is wanting to fill up the sense; and it is supposed to be, that Saul was so many years of age when he began to reign over Israel, (probably about fifty) and when he had reigned two years, Saul chose three thousand guards, as was the case with other kings. These were disciplined for war, as well as to attend the king. 1 Samuel 13:5 . Thirty thousand chariots. The Syriac and Arabic versions read... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 13:19-21

1 Samuel 13:19-21Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel.The blacksmith’s captivityWhat a scalding subjugation for the Israelites! The Philistines had carried off all the blacksmiths, and torn down all the blacksmith’s shops, and abolished the blacksmith’s trade in the land of Israel. The farmers and the mechanics having nothing to whet up the coulter, and the goad, and the pick-axe, save a simple file, industry was hindered, and work practically disgraced. The great idea... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 13:20

1Sa 13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. Ver. 20. But all the Israelites went down. ] Which many of them could not do, without much trouble and expense of time. See into what straits sinful people plunge themselves! read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 13:20

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 17:10 - And since 2 Chronicles 34:6 - mattocks Proverbs 27:17 - Iron Jeremiah 24:1 - smiths read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 13:20

But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.Philistines — Not to the land of the Philistines, but to the stations and garrisons which the Philistines retained in several parts of Israel's land, though Samuel's authority had so far over-awed them, that they durst not give the Israelites much disturbance. In these, therefore, the Philistines kept all the smiths; and here they allowed them the exercise of their... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 13:20

20. Share… mattock It is hardly possible to determine the real meaning of the Hebrew words thus translated here. Both words are from the same root, ( חרשׁ ,) and may signify the sickle, the coulter, or the hoe, as well as the ploughshare or the mattock. In view of the uncertainty respecting these and other agricultural terms of the Hebrews, the reader may as well abide by the English version as any other. read more