1 Samuel 13:9-23
Then ... offered <05927> [he offered.]
Saul <07586> [Saul.]
greet <01288> [salute him. Heb. bless him.]
done <06213> [What hast.]
Micmash <04363> [Michmash.]
thought .... Philistines <0559 06430> [said I.]
sought .... favor <06440 02470> [made supplication unto. Heb. intreated the face of, etc. I forced.]
foolish <05528> [Thou hast done.]
obeyed <08104> [hast not kept.]
kingdom <04467> [But now.]
<03068> [the Lord.]
leader .... people <05057 05971> [captain over.]
Samuel <08050> [Samuel.]
The LXX. have, "Samuel arose and went away from Gilgal, and the remainder of the people went up along with the men of war after Samuel from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin." This is probably the true reading; for it does not appear that Samuel went to Gibeah, which was Saul's usual residence; and the Hebrew copyist, as Dr. Wall observes, seems to have missed a line, and added to the sentence concerning Samuel, that which ended the sentence concerning Saul. One MS. instead of Samuel, in the beginning of the sentence, reads Saul.
remained <04672> [present. Heb. found. about six.]
Gibeah <01387> [Gibeah. Heb. Gebah.]
three groups ... band <07969 07218> [in three companies.]
Ophrah <06084> [Ophrah.]
Shual <07777> [Shual.]
Beth Horon <01032> [Beth-horon.]
Zeboim <06650> [Zeboim.]
blacksmith <02796> [there was no.]
It is probable that the Philistines in the former wars had carried away all the smiths from Israel.
charged two-thirds of a shekel <06477> [a file. Heb. a file with mouths. sharpen. Heb. set.]
sword <02719> [there was neither.]
garrison <04673> [garrison. or, standing camp.]
pass <04569> [passage.]
