1 Samuel 13:19 WEB

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 13:1-23

1 Samuel 13:1. A literal rendering of the Hebrew text in this verse would stand thus—Saul was years old when he began to reign, and he reigned, and two years over Israel. The Hebrew numerals have evidently fallen out, and nearly all commentators agree that this verse, according to the custom in the history of the kings (2 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 5:4; 1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 22:42; 2 Kings 8:26) originally gave the age at which Saul began to reign and the number of years that his reign lasted.... read more

Chuck Smith

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 13:19

1Sa 13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make [them] swords or spears: Ver. 19. Now there was no smith found. ] For the Philistines had either slain them, or carried them away, By a like wicked policy, Julian the Apostate forbade Christians the use of the liberal arts: and Antichrist, the Word of God. Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears. ] See the like care of disarming, and disabling an enemy to rebel, in... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 13:19

there was no: It is probable that the Philistines in the former wars had carried away all the smiths from Israel. Judges 5:8, 2 Kings 24:14, Isaiah 54:16, Jeremiah 24:1 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:29 - thou shalt be Deuteronomy 28:43 - General Judges 3:3 - five lords Judges 3:31 - an ox goad 1 Kings 20:6 - and they shall search 2 Kings 13:7 - fifty horsemen 1 Chronicles 17:10 - And since Psalms 60:1 - scattered Psalms 73:8 - speak wickedly Psalms 83:3 - They Psalms 106:43 - brought low Psalms... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 13:19

19. No smith חרשׁ , a graver, a workman: whether in wood, stone, or metals, is usually determined by the context. The Philistines, like other conquerors, had, during the long period of their dominion over Israel, removed all the artificers. After their deliverance by the hand of Samuel, (1 Samuel 7:13,) the Israelites seem to have taken no measures to supply themselves with workmen and arms, such as they had formerly possessed. For the purpose of sharpening their agricultural implements... read more