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1 Samuel 13:1 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 13 · verse 1
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,1 Samuel 13:1 · King James Version
1 Samuel 13:1 in context
1Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
2Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
3And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- reignedmâlakto reignH4427 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- SaulShâʼûwlShaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesH7586 →
- yearbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- yearshâneha yearH8141 →
- twoshᵉnayimtwoH8147 →
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We are not told wherein it was that the people of Israel offended God, so as to forfeit his presence and turn his hand against them, as Samuel had threatened (Sa1 12:15); but doubtless they left God, else he would not have left them, as here it appears he did; for, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7