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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 11:11 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
1Sa 11:11 |
Strong Concordance |
And it was so on the morrow [04283], that Saul [07586] put [07760] the people [05971] in three [07969] companies [07218]; and they came [0935] into the midst [08432] of the host [04264] in the morning [01242] watch [0821], and slew [05221] the Ammonites [05983] until the heat [02527] of the day [03117]: and it came to pass, that they which remained [07604] were scattered [06327], so that two [08147] of them were not left [07604] together [03162]. |
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King James |
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies--Crossing the Jordan in the evening, Saul marched his army all night, and came at daybreak on the camp of the Ammonites, who were surprised in three different parts, and totally routed. This happened before the seven days' truce expired. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The march from Bezek may have begun the night before. This disposition of the forces "in three companies" (imitating Gideon's strategy, compare the marginal reference.) would not have been made until the morning when they were very near the Ammonitish forces. "The morning watch" was the last of the three watches, of four hours each, into which the night was anciently divided by the Hebrews. (See Jdg 7:19 note.) The time thus indicated would be between two and six in the morning. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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. |
19 So Gideon [01439], and the hundred [03967] men [0376] that were with him, came [0935] unto the outside [07097] of the camp [04264] in the beginning [07218] of the middle [08484] watch [0821]; and they had but [0389] newly [06965] set [06965] the watch [08104]: and they blew [08628] the trumpets [07782], and brake [05310] the pitchers [03537] that were in their hands [03027].