1SA 14

1 Samuel 14:47

WEB

Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side: against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned himself, he defeated them.

BSB

After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.

KJV

¶ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

Matthew Henry

Verses 47–52

1 Samuel 14:47–52

Here is a general account of Saul's court and camp. 1. Of his court and family, the names of his sons and daughters (Sa1 14:49), and of his wife and his cousin-german that was general of his army, Sa1 14:50. There is mention of another wife of Saul's (Sa2 21:8), Rizpah, a secondary wife, and of the children he had by her. 2. Of his camp and military actions. (1.) How he levied his army: When he saw any strong valiant man, that was remarkably fit for service, he took him unto him (Sa1 14:52), as Samuel had told them the manner of the king would be (Sa1 8:11); and, if he must have a standing army, it was his prudence to fill it up with the ablest men he could make choice of. (2.) How he employed his army. He guarded his country against the insults of its enemies on every side, and prevented their incursions, Sa1 14:47, Sa1 14:48. It is supposed that he acted only defensively against those that used to invade the borders of Israel; and withersoever he turned himself, as there was occasion, he vexed them, by checking and disappointing them. But the enemies he struggled most with were the Philistines, with whom he had sore war all his days, Sa1 14:52. He had little reason to be proud of his royal dignity, nor had any of his neighbours cause to envy him, for he had little enjoyment of himself after he took the kingdom. He could not vex his enemies without some vexation to himself, such thorns are crowns quilted with.

Cross-references: 1Sam 14:49 · 1Sam 14:50 · 2Sam 21:8 · 1Sam 14:52 · 1Sam 8:11 · 1Sam 14:47 · 1Sam 14:48

Hebrew interlinear

H7586

שָׁאוּלShâʼûwl/shaw-ool'/

n-pr-m — Shaul

Derivation: passive participle of 7592; asked;

Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites

KJV: Saul, Shaul.

שָׁאוּל

n.pr.m — Saul

שָׁאוּל n.pr.m. (= asked)

1. 397 1st king of Isr.

2. a king of Edom

3. a son of Simeon

4. a Levite

H3920

לָכַדlâkad/law-kad'/

v — catch, capture, choose, cohere

Derivation: a primitive root;

to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere

KJV: × at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

לָכַד

vb — capture

לָכַד 121 vb. capture, seize, take (by lot)

Qal

1. capture, seize

2. fig. of entrapping men

3. of taking by lot

Niph.

1. be captured in war

2. of men, be caught

3. be taken by lot

Hithp. they grasp each other, and cannot be separated

H4410

מְלוּכָהmᵉlûwkâh/mel-oo-kaw'/

n-f — ruled, realm

Derivation: feminine passive participle of 4427;

something ruled, i.e. a realm

KJV: kingsom, king's, × royal.

מְלוּכָה

n.f — kingship

מְלוּכָה n.f. kingship, royalty

H5921

עַלʻal/al/

prep — above, over, upon, against

Derivation: properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

KJV: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, × as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, × both and, by (reason of), × had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, × with.

כִּי עַל כֵּן

forasmuch as

כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as

עַל

subst — above

עַל, עָ֑ל

I. subst. height

II. As prep. upon, and hence on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed

a.

(a). of clothing, etc., which any one wears

(b). With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it

b. Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him

c. Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him

d. על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him

e. חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)

f. Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is done

2. It expresses excess

3. It denotes elevation or pre-eminence

4. It expresses addition

5. It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over

6. From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)

7. In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)

8. By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative

9. With other particles:

III. As conj.

a. עַל אֲשֶׁר because that

b. עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent

c. עַל alone:

(a). because

(b). notwithstanding that, although

IV. Compounds:

1. with כְּ (rare and late)

a. as concerning, as upon

b. the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay

2. מֵעַל from upon, from over, from by

H3478

יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/

n-pr-m — he will rule as God, Jisraël

Derivation: from 8280 and 410;

he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

KJV: Israel.

יִשְׂרָאֵל

n.pr.m — Israel

יִשְׂרָאֵל 2507 n.pr.m. et gent. Israel (Ēl persisteth, persevereth)

1. n.pr.m. second name of Jacob

2. n.pr.gent. name of Hebrew nation

H3898

לָחַםlâcham/law-kham'/

v — feed on, consume, battle

Derivation: a primitive root;

to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)

KJV: devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).

לָחַם

vb — use as food

[לָחַם] vb. use as food, eat

לָחַם

vb — fight

[לָחַם] 171 vb. fight, do battle

Qal fight, do battle

Niph. engage in battle (recipr.), sometimes wage war

H5439

סָבִיבçâbîyb/saw-beeb'/

adv — circle, neighbour, environs, around

Derivation: or (feminine) סְבִיבָה; from 5437;

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

KJV: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

סָבִיב

subst — Magormissabib

סָבִיב 336 subst., used mostly as adv. and prep., circuit, round about

H3605

כֹּלkôl/kole/

n-m — whole, all, any, every

Derivation: or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from 3634;

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

כֹּל

n.m — the whole

כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all

1. with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

2. Absolutely:

a. without the art., all things, all

b. with the art. הַכֹּל

(a). where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

(b). in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

H341

אֹיֵבʼôyêb/o-yabe'/

n-m — hating, adversary

Derivation: or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of 340;

hating; an adversary

KJV: enemy, foe.

אָיַב

vb — be hostile to

[אָיַב] 283 vb. be hostile to (enemy = אֹיֵב)

H4124

מוֹאָבMôwʼâb/mo-awb/

n-pr-m n-pr-loc — Moab

Derivation: from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and 1; from (her [the mother's]) father;

Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants

KJV: Moab.

מוֹאָב

n.pr.gent — Moab

מוֹאָב, מֹאָב 180 n.pr.gent. et terr. Moab

1. Moab as son of Lot by his elder daughter

2. Moab:

a. = nation of which Lot’s son is represented as ancestor

b. = territory of Moab

H1121

בֵּןbên/bane/

n-m — son

Derivation: from 1129;

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

KJV: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

בֵּן

n.m — son

בֵּן 4870 n.m. son

1. son, male child, born of a woman

2. children (male and female)

3. youth, young men

4. the young of animals

5. of plant shoots

6. fig. of lifeless things, sparks, stars, arrows

7.

a. member of a guild, order or class

b. of animals son of (the) herd

8. ב׳ as n. relat. followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc.

9. n. relat. of age

בְּנוֹ

n.pr.m — his son

בְּנוֹ 1 Ch 24:26, 27 as n.pr.m. in AV, RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, cf. VB & Be Öt.

H5983

עַמּוֹןʻAmmôwn/am-mone'/

n-pr-m — Ammon

Derivation: from 5971; tribal, i.e. inbred;

Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country

KJV: Ammon, Ammonites.

עַמּוֹן

n.pr.gent — Ammon

עַמּוֹן 106 n.pr.gent. Ammon

H123

אֱדֹםʼĔdôm/ed-ome'/

n-pr-m — Edom

Derivation: or (fully) אֱדוֹם ; from 122; red (see Genesis 25:25);

Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him

KJV: Edom, Edomites, Idumea.

אֱדוֹם

n.pr.m — Edom

אֱדוֹם († אֱדֹם Ez 25:11) n.pr.m.

1. Edom

2. coll. Edomites, Idumeans as descend. of Esau

3. land of Edom, Idumaea

H4428

מֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/

n-m — king

Derivation: from 4427;

a king

KJV: king, royal.

מֶ֫לֶךְ

n.m — king

מֶ֫לֶךְ 2513 n.m. king

H6678

צוֹבָאTsôwbâʼ/tso-baw'/

n-pr-loc — Zoba, Zobah

Derivation: or צוֹבָה; or צֹבָה; from an unused root meaning to station; a station;

Zoba or Zobah, a region of Syria

KJV: Zoba, Zobah.

צוֹבָא

n.pr.terr — Hamath-Zobah

צוֹבָא, צוֹבָה n.pr.terr. an Aramaean kingdom, time of (Saul and) David

H6430

פְּלִשְׁתִּיPᵉlishtîy/pel-ish-tee'/

a — Pelishtite

Derivation: patrial from 6429;

a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

KJV: Philistine.

פְּלִשְׁתִּי

adj.gent — Philistine

פְּלִשְׁתִּי 288 adj.gent. Philistine

H834

אֲשֶׁרʼăsher/ash-er'/

r — who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

Derivation: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number);

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

KJV: × after, × alike, as (soon as), because, × every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), × if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), × though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.

אֲשֶׁר

part. of relation — who

אֲשֶׁר part. of relation A sign of relation, bringing the clause introduced by it into relation with an antecedent clause.

בַאֲשֶׁר

adv — in which

בַאֲשֶׁר

a. in (that) which

b. adv. in (the place) where

c. conj. in that, inasmuch as

d. on account of whom?

כַּאֲשֶׁר

conj — according as

כַּאֲשֶׁר conj. according as, as, when

1. according to that which, according as, as

2. with a causal force, in so far as, since

3. with a temporal force, when

מֵאֲשֶׁר

adv — who

מֵאֲשֶׁר

a. from (or than) that which

b. adv. from (the place) where

c. conj. from (the fact) that …, since

H6437

פָּנָהpânâh/paw-naw'/

v — turn, face, appear, look

Derivation: a primitive root;

to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.

KJV: appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, × corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), × right (early).

פָּנָה

vb — turn

פָּנָה 135 vb. turn

Qal 117

1.

a. turn toward

b. turn from

c. turn and do a thing

d. turn, decline

e. turn toward, approach

2.

a. turn and look, look

b. of inanimate things, face

c. esp. fig. look at, regard

d. look for = expect

e. fig. look at = consider

Hiph.

1. turn

2. make a turn, shew (signs of) turning

Hoph. be ye turned back!

H7561

רָשַׁעrâshaʻ/raw-shah'/

v — be, do, declare, wrong, disturb, violate

Derivation: a primitive root;

to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate

KJV: condemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).

רָשַׁע

vb. denom — be wicked

[רָשַׁע] vb. denom. be wicked, act wickedly

Qal

1. be wicked, act wickedly

2. be guilty

Hiph.

1. condemn as guilty, in civil relations

2. condemn as guilty, in ethical and religious relations

3. act wickedly, in ethics and religious

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