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Verse	Translation	Text
1Sa 15:12	Strong Concordance	And when Samuel [08050] rose early [07925] to meet [07125] Saul [07586] in the morning [01242], it was told [05046] Samuel [08050], saying [0559], Saul [07586] came [0935] to Carmel [03760], and, behold, he set him up [05324] a place [03027], and is gone about [05437], and passed on [05674], and gone down [03381] to Gilgal [01537].
	King James	And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Saul came to Carmel--in the south of Judah (Jos 15:55; Sa1 25:2). he set him up a place--that is, a pillar (Sa2 18:18); literally, a hand, indicating that whatever was the form of the monument, it was surmounted, according to the ancient fashion, by the figure of a hand, the symbol of power and energy. The erection of this vainglorious trophy was an additional act of disobedience. His pride had overborne his sense of duty in first raising this monument to his own honor, and then going to Gilgal to offer sacrifice to God.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Saul came to Carmel--in the south of Judah (Jos 15:55; Sa1 25:2).

he set him up a place--that is, a pillar (Sa2 18:18); literally, a hand, indicating that whatever was the form of the monument, it was surmounted, according to the ancient fashion, by the figure of a hand, the symbol of power and energy. The erection of this vainglorious trophy was an additional act of disobedience. His pride had overborne his sense of duty in first raising this monument to his own honor, and then going to Gilgal to offer sacrifice to God.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
A place - Rather, "a monument." The Hebrew word יד yâd means a "hand," but is used in the sense of "monument," or "trophy," in Sa2 18:18, where we are told that the marble pillar which Absalom set up in his lifetime, was called "Yad Absalom." Carmel - (see the marginal reference) would be on Saul's line of march on his return from the country of the Amalekites, more especially if he came from the neighborhood of Akaba.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

A place - Rather, "a monument." The Hebrew word יד yâd means a "hand," but is used in the sense of "monument," or "trophy," in Sa2 18:18, where we are told that the marble pillar which Absalom set up in his lifetime, was called "Yad Absalom."

Carmel - (see the marginal reference) would be on Saul's line of march on his return from the country of the Amalekites, more especially if he came from the neighborhood of Akaba.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The next morning, after receiving the revelation from God (Sa1 15:11), Samuel rose up early, to go and meet Saul as he was returning from the war. On the way it was told him, "Saul has come to Carmel" - i.e., Kurmul, upon the mountains of Judah to the south-east of Hebron (see at Jos 15:55) - "setting himself a memorial" (יד, a hand, then a memorial or monument, inasmuch as the hand calls attention to anything: see Sa2 18:18), "and has turned and proceeded farther, and gone down to Gilgal" (in the valley of the Jordan, as in Sa1 13:4).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The next morning, after receiving the revelation from God (Sa1 15:11), Samuel rose up early, to go and meet Saul as he was returning from the war. On the way it was told him, "Saul has come to Carmel" - i.e., Kurmul, upon the mountains of Judah to the south-east of Hebron (see at Jos 15:55) - "setting himself a memorial" (יד, a hand, then a memorial or monument, inasmuch as the hand calls attention to anything: see Sa2 18:18), "and has turned and proceeded farther, and gone down to Gilgal" (in the valley of the Jordan, as in Sa1 13:4).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
A place - That is, a monument or trophy of his victory.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

A place - That is, a monument or trophy of his victory.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
He set him up a place - Literally, a hand, יד yad. Some say it was a monument; others, a triumphal arch: probably it was no more than a hand, pointing out the place where Saul had gained the victory. Absalom's pillar is called the hand of Absalom, Sa2 18:18.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

He set him up a place - Literally, a hand, יד yad. Some say it was a monument; others, a triumphal arch: probably it was no more than a hand, pointing out the place where Saul had gained the victory. Absalom's pillar is called the hand of Absalom, Sa2 18:18.

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