撒母耳记上 13:3

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

約拿單攻打非利士人在迦巴的駐軍，非利士人聽見了；掃羅就在全地吹角，說：“讓希伯來人都聽見。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
约 拿 单 攻 击 迦 巴 、 非 利 士 人 的 防 营 ， 非 利 士 人 听 见 了 。 扫 罗 就 在 遍 地 吹 角 ， 意 思 说 ， 要 使 希 伯 来 人 听 见 。

Contextual Overview

¹ Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king over Israel forty-two years. ² Saul chose three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand men stayed with him at Micmash in the mountains of Bethel, and one thousand men stayed with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. Saul sent the other men in the army back home. ³ Jonathan attacked the Philistine camp in Geba, and the other Philistines heard about it. Saul said, "Let the Hebrews hear what happened." So he told the men to blow trumpets through all the land of Israel. ⁴ All the Israelites heard the news. The men said, "Saul has defeated the Philistine camp. Now the Philistines will really hate us!" Then the Israelites were called to join Saul at Gilgal. ⁵ The Philistines gathered to fight Israel with three thousand chariots and six thousand men to ride in them. Their soldiers were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. The Philistines went and camped at Micmash, which is east of Beth Aven. ⁶ When the Israelites saw that they were in trouble, they went to hide in caves and bushes, among the rocks, and in pits and wells. ⁷ Some Hebrews even went across the Jordan River to the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul stayed at Gilgal, and all the men in his army were shaking with fear.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the garrison: 1 Samuel 10:5, 1 Samuel 14:1-6, 2 Samuel 23:14

Geba: or, the hill, Joshua 18:24, Gaba, Joshua 21:17, Isaiah 10:29, Zechariah 14:10

blew: Judges 3:27, Judges 6:34, 2 Samuel 2:28, 2 Samuel 20:1

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:43 - General 1 Samuel 13:16 - Gibeah 1 Samuel 13:23 - garrison 2 Samuel 8:6 - garrisons 1 Chronicles 6:60 - Geba 1 Chronicles 18:13 - garrisons

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 13:8
Abram said to Lot, "There should be no arguing between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, because we are brothers.

Genesis 13:9
We should separate. The whole land is there in front of you. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba,.... Not the same with Gibeah of Benjamin, as Jarchi; for it can hardly be thought that Jonathan should place himself with his thousand men where the Philistines had a garrison; or that if this was the same with that in the preceding verse, that it should be called by another name in this; but Gibeah and Geba were two places, as Kimchi observes, both indeed in the tribe of Benjamin, and it is very probable not far from one another; see Joshua 18:24. This seems to be the same with the hill of God, where was a garrison of the Philistines, 1 Samuel 10:5, who after their defeat by Samuel contented themselves with some strong holds and garrisons in some parts of the land to keep Israel in awe; the Targum understands this of a single person, a governor of the Philistines in this place, whom Jonathan slew, and so Jarchi; and according to R. Isaiah he was one that was appointed to gather the tax for them:

and the Philistines heard of it, which alarmed them, and made them prepare for war:

and Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land; not he in person, for he was at Gilgal, as the next verse shows; but he ordered it to be blown, being aware of the preparations the Philistines were making to attack him:

saying, let the Hebrews hear; both what his son had done, and what the Philistines were doing.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This was the first act in the war of independence, and probably the first feat in arms of the young hero Jonathan.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 13:3. Jonathan smote — He appears to have taken this garrison by surprise, for his men had no arms for a regular battle, or taking the place by storm. This is the first place in which this brave and excellent man appears; a man who bears one of the most amiable characters in the Bible.

Let the Hebrews hear. — Probably this means the people who dwelt beyond Jordan, who might very naturally be termed here העברים haibrim, from עבר abar, he passed over; those who are beyond the river Jordan: as Abraham was called עברי Ibri because he dwelt beyond the river Euphrates.