1 Samuel 13:7 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 13:7

5 Then the Philistines gathered together to fight with Israel,¹ thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people ^aas the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. And they came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of ^bBeth Aven.

6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger (for the people were distressed), then the people ^ahid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits.

7 And some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the ^aland of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

8 ^aThen he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

9 So Saul said, “Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me.” And he offered the burnt offering.

10 Now it happened, as soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering, that Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might¹ greet him.

11 And Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered together at Michmash,

12 then I said, ‘The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the Lord.’ Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.”

13 And Samuel said to Saul, ^a“You have done foolishly. ^bYou have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you. For now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

14 ^aBut now your kingdom shall not continue. ^bThe Lord has sought for Himself a man ^cafter His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have ^dnot kept what the Lord commanded you.”

15 Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people present with him, ^aabout six hundred men.

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Definitions of words in 1 Samuel 13:7:

All {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

As {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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Gilgal {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Gilgal {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Gilgal {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Jordan {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jordan {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Jordan {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

People {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Saul {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Saul {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Saul {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Still {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Gad {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Gad {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Gilead {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Gilead {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Hebrews {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hebrews {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

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