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1 Samuel 13:7 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 13 · verse 7
And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.1 Samuel 13:7 · King James Version
1 Samuel 13:7 in context
5And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
6When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
7And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
8And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
9And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- tremblingchâradto shudder with terrorH2729 →
- followedʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- HebrewsʻIbrîyan Eberite or descendant of EberH5680 →
- JordanYardênJarden, the principal river of PalestineH3383 →
- GileadGilʻâdGilad, a region East of the JordanH1568 →
- GilgalGilgâlGilgal, the name of three places in PalestineH1537 →
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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