Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
1 Kings (1 Samuel) Chapter 11
Overview
Sa1 11:1, Nahash offers them of Jabesh-gilead a reproachful condition; Sa1 11:4, They send messengers, and are delivered by Saul; Sa1 11:12, Saul thereby is confirmed, and his kingdom renewed.
Nahash: In the Vulgate this chapter begins thus: Et factum est quasi post mensem, "And it came to pass about a month after;" which is also the reading of the principal copies of the Septuagint; and is also found in Josephus, though it appears to be of little authority. Sa1 12:12; Jdg 10:7, 11:8-33
Jabeshgilead: Sa1 31:11-13; Jdg 21:8, 10-25
Make: Gen 26:28; Exo 23:32; Deu 23:3; Kg1 20:34; Job 41:4; Isa 36:16; Eze 17:13
On this: Kg2 18:31
thrust: Jdg 16:21; Exo 3:6; Pro 12:10; Jer 39:7
reproach: Sa1 17:26; Gen 34:14
Give us: Heb. Forbear us
to Gibeah: Sa1 10:26, Sa1 14:2, Sa1 15:34; Sa2 21:6
lifted up: Sa1 30:4; Jdg 2:4, Jdg 21:2; Rom 12:15; Co1 12:26; Gal 6:2; Heb 13:3
after the herd: Sa1 9:1; Kg1 19:19; Psa 78:71
What aileth: Gen 21:17; Jdg 18:23; Isa 22:1
Spirit of God: Sa1 10:10, Sa1 16:13; Jdg 3:10, Jdg 6:34, Jdg 11:29, Jdg 13:25, Jdg 14:6
his anger: Exo 32:19; Num 12:3; Mar 3:5; Eph 4:26
he took: The sending the pieces of the oxen was an act similar to that of the Levite (see note on Jdg 19:29). An eminent Scotch writer describes the rites, incantations, and imprecations used prior to the fiery cross being circulated, to summon the rough warriors of ancient times to the service of their chief; and he alludes to this ancient custom, which in comparatively modern times, has been practised in Scotland; and proves that a similar punishment of death, or destruction of their houses, for disobeying the summons, was inflicted by the ancient Scandinavians, as recorded by Olaus Magnus, in his History of the Goths. This bears a striking similarity to the ancient custom of the Israelites. With the Highlanders, a goat was slain; with the Israelites, an ox. The exhibition of a cross, stained with the blood of the sacrificed animal, was the summons of the former, while part of the animal, was the mandate of the latter. Disobedience in one nation was punished with the death of themselves or oxen, and burning of their dwellings in the other.
hewed: Jdg 19:29
Whosoever: Jdg 21:5-11
the fear: Gen 35:5; Ch2 14:14, Ch2 17:10
with one consent: Heb. as one man, Jdg 20:1
the children: Sa1 13:15, Sa1 15:4; Sa2 24:9; Ch2 17:12-19
help: or, deliverance, Psa 18:17
on the morrow: Gen 22:14; Psa 46:1
morning: Exo 14:24
slew: Sa1 11:2; Jdg 1:7; Mat 7:2; Jam 2:13
so that two: Sa1 30:17, Sa1 30:18; Jdg 4:16
Who is he: Sa1 10:27; Psa 21:8; Luk 19:27
There shall: Sa1 14:45; Sa2 19:22
the Lord: Sa1 19:5; Exo 14:13, Exo 14:30; Psa 44:4-8; Isa 59:16; Co1 15:10
renew: Sa1 10:24, Sa1 5:3; Ch1 12:38, Ch1 12:39
before the Lord: Sa1 10:17
sacrificed: Sa1 10:8; Exo 24:5; Ch1 29:21-24
rejoiced greatly: Sa1 8:19, Sa1 12:13-15, Sa1 12:17; Hos 13:10, Hos 13:11; Jam 4:16