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撒母耳记上 12:11

於是耶和華差遣耶路.巴力、比但、耶弗他、撒母耳,救你們脫離四圍仇敵的手,你們才可以安然居住。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bedan;   Prayer;   Thompson Chain Reference - Enemies;   Jephthah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Enemies;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gideon or Jerubbaal;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - King;   Samuel;   Samuel, books of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mission;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bedan;   Gideon;   Jerubbaal;   Zebah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abdon (1);   Bedan;   Judges;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Barak;   Bedan;   Jephthah;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bedan;   Israel;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bedan ;   Jephthah, Jephthae ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abdon;   Bedan;   Gideon;   Saul;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ab'don;   Be'dan;   Gid'eon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abdon (1);   Bedan;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jephthah;   Samson;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
耶 和 华 就 差 遣 耶 路 巴 力 、 比 但 、 耶 弗 他 、 撒 母 耳 救 你 们 脱 离 四 围 仇 敌 的 手 , 你 们 才 安 然 居 住 。

Contextual Overview

6 Then Samuel said to the people, "It is the Lord who chose Moses and Aaron and brought your ancestors out of Egypt. 7 Now, stand there, and I will remind you of all the good things the Lord did for you and your ancestors. 8 "After Jacob entered Egypt, his descendants cried to the Lord for help. So the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who took your ancestors out of Egypt and brought them to live in this place. 9 "But they forgot the Lord their God. So he handed them over as slaves to Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and as slaves to the Philistines and the king of Moab. They all fought against your ancestors. 10 Then your ancestors cried to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned. We have left the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now save us from our enemies, and we will serve you.' 11 So the Lord sent Gideon, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel. He saved you from your enemies around you, and you lived in safety. 12 But when you saw Nahash king of the Ammonites coming against you, you said, ‘No! We want a king to rule over us!'—even though the Lord your God was your king. 13 Now here is the king you chose, the one you asked for. The Lord has put him over you. 14 You must honor the Lord and serve him. You must obey his word and not turn against his commands. Both you and the king ruling over you must follow the Lord your God. If you do, it will be well with you. 15 But if you don't obey the Lord , and if you turn against his commands, he will be against you. He will do to you what he did to your ancestors.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jerubbaal: Judges 6:14, Judges 6:32, Judges 8:29, Judges 8:35

Bedan: Bedan, whose name occurs no where else as a judge of Israel, Bp. Patrick and others suppose to be a contraction of ben Dan, "the son of Dan;" by which they suppose Samson is meant, as the Targum reads. The LXX, Syriac, and Arabic, however, instead of Bedan read Barak; and the two latter versions, instead of Samuel have Samson. These readings are adopted by Houbigant, and appear to be genuine; for it is not probable that Samuel would enumerate himself. Judges 13:1 - Judges 16:31

Jephthah: Judges 11:1-33

Samuel: 1 Samuel 7:13

Reciprocal: Judges 2:16 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 7:17 - Bedan 1 Chronicles 17:6 - the judges Nehemiah 9:27 - saviours Hosea 13:10 - thy judges Zechariah 1:20 - four Acts 13:20 - he gave Hebrews 11:32 - Gedeon

Cross-References

Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through that land as far as the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.
Genesis 12:7
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your descendants." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord , who had appeared to him.
Genesis 12:14
When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.
Genesis 26:7
His wife Rebekah was very beautiful, and the men of that place asked Isaac about her. Isaac said, "She is my sister," because he was afraid to tell them she was his wife. He thought they might kill him so they could have her.
Genesis 29:17
Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was very beautiful.
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. While he was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. She was very beautiful.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom, understanding, or advice that can succeed against the Lord .
Song of Solomon 1:14
My lover is like a bunch of flowers from the vineyards at En Gedi.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord sent Jerubbaal,.... Or Gideon, as the Targum, for Jerubbaal was the name given to Gideon, when he first became a judge, Judges 6:32

and Bedan; if this was one of the judges, he must have two names, or is one that is not mentioned in the book of Judges; the Targum interprets it of Samson; so Jerom h, for the word may be rendered "in Dan"; one in Dan, who was of the tribe of Dan, as Samson was; and it was in the camp of Dan the Spirit of God first came upon him; and Kimchi observes that it is the same as Bendan, the son of Dan, that is, a Danite; and though he was after Jephthah, yet is set before him, because he was a greater man than he; and this way go the generality of Jewish writers i; but a man of this name being among the posterity of Manasseh, 1 Chronicles 7:17. Junius, and who is followed by others, thinks that Jair is meant, and is so called to distinguish him from a more ancient Jair, the son of Manasseh, and with whom the order of the judges better agrees, see Numbers 32:41 but the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions read Barak; and he may rather be thought to be meant, because he was the instrument of delivering Israel out of the hand of Sisera, the captain of the host of Hazor before mentioned, 1 Samuel 12:9 and agrees with the words of the apostle, Hebrews 11:32, who mentions those judges much in the same order:

and Jephthah, and Samuel; meaning himself, who was the last of the judges, and who speaks of himself as of a third person, as Lamech does, Genesis 4:23 and this he did not out of ostentation, but to observe that God had made him an instrument of delivering them out of the hand of the Philistines, which must be fresh in their memory, as he had made use of others before him, when he sent judges, and not kings, and therefore they had no need to ask a king. The Syriac and Arabic versions read Samson instead of Samuel, and which also agrees best with

Hebrews 11:32

and delivered you out of the hands of your enemies on every side; not the judges, but the Lord; for the word for "delivered" is of the singular number:

and ye dwelled safe; in the greatest security and confidence, without any fear of enemies, having God their King in the midst of them, and stood in no need of any other king to protect and defend them.

h Heb. Trad. in lib. Reg. fol. 75. K. i So in T. Bab. Roshhashanah, fol. 25. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bedan - No such name occurs among the Judges who delivered Israel. Some versions and commentators read “Barak,” the form of the letters of both words being in Hebrew somewhat similar.

And Samuel - There is nothing improper or out of place in Samuel mentioning his own judgeship. It had supplied a remarkable instance of God’s deliverance 1 Samuel 7:12-15; and, as it was the last as well as one of the very greatest deliverances, it was natural he should do so. The passage in Hebrews 11:32 is quite as favorable to the mention of Samuel here as to that of “Samson,” which some propose to read instead of “Samuel.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 12:11. Jerubbaal — That is, Gideon. And Bedan: instead of Bedan, whose name occurs nowhere else as a judge or deliverer of Israel, the Septuagint have Barak; the same reading is found in the Syriac and Arabic. The Targum has Samson. Many commentators are of this opinion; but Calmet thinks that Jair is intended, who judged Israel twenty-two years, Judges 10:3.

Instead of Samuel the Syriac and Arabic have Samson; and it is most natural to suppose that Samuel does not mention himself in this place. St. Paul's authority confirms these alterations: The time would fail me, says he, to tell of Gideon, of Barak, of Samson, of Jephthah, of David, &c.


 
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