the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Louis Segond
1 Samuel 11:11
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Mais, le lendemain, Saül mit le peuple en trois bandes, et ils pénétrèrent dans le camp sur la veille du matin, et ils battirent les Ammonites jusqu'à la chaleur du jour; et ceux qui restèrent furent tellement dispersés, qu'il n'en demeura pas d'entre eux deux ensemble.
Et il arriva que, le lendemain, Saül rangea le peuple en trois corps; et ils entrèrent au milieu du camp pendant la veille du matin, et ils frappèrent Ammon jusqu'à la chaleur du jour; et ceux qui restèrent furent dispersés; et il n'en resta pas deux ensemble.
Et dès le lendemain Saül mit le peuple en trois bandes, et ils entrèrent dans le camp sur la veille du matin, et ils frappèrent les Hammonites jusques vers la chaleur du jour; et ceux qui demeurèrent de reste furent tellement dispersés çà et là, qu'il n'en demeura pas deux ensemble.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
on the morrow: Genesis 22:14, Psalms 46:1
in three: Judges 7:16, Judges 9:43
morning: Exodus 14:24
slew: 1 Samuel 11:2, Judges 1:7, Matthew 7:2, James 2:13
so that two: 1 Samuel 30:17, 1 Samuel 30:18, Judges 4:16
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 13:17 - in three companies 1 Samuel 14:36 - let us not leave 1 Samuel 14:47 - Ammon 1 Samuel 25:34 - hasted Mark 6:48 - the fourth
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And it was so on the morrow,.... After the messengers were returned, and delivered their message, and the men of Jabeshgilead had given the Ammonites reason to expect that they would come out to them according to their agreement:
that Saul put the people into three companies; or "heads" a, under so many commanders, assigning to each their number, if equally, 110,000 in each, as Gideon divided his three hundred into three companies, one hundred in each, Judges 7:16 and Abimelech, Judges 9:43 it seems to have been their way of fighting in those days:
and they came unto the midst of the host: that is, of the Ammonites:
in the morning watch; the third and last watch of the night, by break of day, or before, however before the sun was up; so quick was Saul and his men in their march, though on foot. Bunting b computes the distance from Gibeah to Bezek forty miles, and from thence to Jabesh sixteen; it is commonly reckoned that it was about sixty miles from Gibeah to Jabesh. Josephus c says it was ten "schaeni", each of which contained five or six miles:
and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day; that is, till noon, so that from the morning watch till noon he was making slaughter of them:
and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered; those that were not cut off by the sword of Saul were broken and dispersed, they could not stand their ground against him:
so that two of them were not left together; to flee together, but every one shifted for himself, and fled alone.
a ר×ש×× "capita", Pagninus, Montanus, &c. b Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 126. c Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 6. c. 5. sect. 3.)
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The march from Bezek may have begun the night before. This disposition of the forces âin three companiesâ (imitating Gideonâs strategy, compare the marginal reference.) would not have been made until the morning when they were very near the Ammonitish forces. âThe morning watchâ was the last of the three watches, of four hours each, into which the night was anciently divided by the Hebrews. (See Judges 7:19 note.) The time thus indicated would be between two and six in the morning.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Samuel 11:11. Put the people in three companies — Intending to attack the Ammonites in three different points, and to give his own men more room to act.
In the morning watch — He probably began his march in the evening, passed Jordan in the night, and reached the camp of the Ammonites by daybreak.
That two of them were not left together. — This proves that the rout was complete.
