1 Samuel 11:4
2 But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
3 “Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
5 Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
6 When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
- KJV
- Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
- WEB
- Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people, then all the people lifted up their voice and wept.
- ASV
- Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spake these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
- DARBY
- And the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told these words in the ears of the people. And all the people lifted up their voice and wept.
- BLB
- And the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the news in the ears of the people. And all the people lifted up their voices and wept.
- ÅB
- Da sendebudene kom til Sauls Gibea og bar fram sitt ærend for folket, brast alt folket i gråt.
- OTB
- Da budbringerne kom til Sauls Gibea og fortalte betingelsene i folkets ører, gråt hele folket høyt.
- B1930
- Da sendebudene kom til Sauls Gibea og bar frem sitt ærend for folket, brast alt folket i gråt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 10:26
Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
Read in contextJudges 2:4
When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
Read in contextJudges 21:2
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
Read in context1 Samuel 30:4
So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
Read in context1 Samuel 15:34
Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
Read in contextGalatians 6:2
Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Read in context1 Samuel 14:2
Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
Read in contextHebrews 13:3
Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
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