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And all the people lifted up their voices and wept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke <i>these</i> words in the hearing of the people, and all the people raised their voices and wept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the news to the people; and all the people raised their voices and wept aloud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the messengers came to Gibeah, Saul’s hometown, and told the terms to the people, all wept aloud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the messengers came to Gibeah, Saul&#8217s hometown, and told the terms to the people, all wept aloud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Some of the messengers went to Gibeah, Saul's hometown. They told what was happening at Jabesh, and everyone in Gibeah started crying. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The messengers came to Saul's town, Gibeah. When they told the people the news, the people cried loudly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The messengers arrived at Gibeah, where Saul lived, and when they told the news, the people started crying in despair. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and reported the terms to the people, all the people cried loudly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the messengers come to Gibeah of Saul, and speak the words in the ears of the people, and all the people lift up their voice and weep;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the messengers come to Gibeah of Saul, and speak the words in the ears of the people, and all the people lift up their voice and weep;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the messengers will come to the hill of Saul and will speak the words in the ears of the people: and all the people will lift up their voice and weep.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The messengers therefore came to Gabaa of Saul: and they spoke these words in the hearing of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, the messengers arrived at Gibeah of Saul. And they spoke these words in the hearing of the people. And all the people lifted up their voice and wept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When the messengers arrived at Gibeah of Saul and reported the news in the people’s hearing, they all wept aloud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the hearing of the people; and all the people wept aloud.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then the messengers came to Ramtha of Saul, and told these words before the people; and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Messengers came to Ramtha of Shaul, and they spoke these words before the people, and all the people lifted up their voice and they wept<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then came the messengers to Gibeath-shaul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people; and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the messengers came to Gabaa to Saul, and they speak the words into the ears of the people; and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/11-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=2678" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/11.htm">Saul Defeats the Ammonites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>“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.” <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4397.htm" title="4397: ham·mal·’ā·ḵîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A messenger. From an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. An angel.">When the messengers</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">came</a> <a href="/hebrew/1390.htm" title="1390: giḇ·‘aṯ (N-proper-fs) -- Hill, three cities in Pal. The same as gib'ah; Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine.">to Gibeah</a> <a href="/hebrew/7586.htm" title="7586: šā·’ūl (N-proper-ms) -- Passive participle of sha'al; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites.">of Saul</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: way·ḏab·bə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">and relayed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·də·ḇā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">these words</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: bə·’ā·zə·nê (Prep-b:: N-fdc) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear.">in the hearing</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">of the people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">they all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1058.htm" title="1058: way·yiḇ·kū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To weep, bewail. A primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan.">wept</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: way·yiś·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">aloud.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: qō·w·lām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound."></a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/21-8.htm">Judges 21:8-9</a></span><br />So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly. / For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1</a></span><br />Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/10-26.htm">1 Samuel 10:26-27</a></span><br />Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him. / But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-34.htm">1 Samuel 15:34</a></span><br />Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/13-2.htm">1 Samuel 13:2</a></span><br />He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-11.htm">1 Samuel 31:11-13</a></span><br />When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, / all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there. / Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/2-4.htm">2 Samuel 2:4</a></span><br />Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-3.htm">2 Samuel 5:3</a></span><br />So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-1.htm">1 Kings 12:1</a></span><br />Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-23.htm">1 Chronicles 12:23-40</a></span><br />Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD: / From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears. / From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-1.htm">2 Chronicles 10:1</a></span><br />Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-1.htm">Matthew 2:1-6</a></span><br />After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, / asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” / When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/2-4.htm">Luke 2:4</a></span><br />So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-42.htm">John 7:42</a></span><br />Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-21.htm">Acts 13:21</a></span><br />Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">to Gibeah</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/10-26.htm">1 Samuel 10:26</a></b></br> And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/14-2.htm">1 Samuel 14:2</a></b></br> And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which <i>is</i> in Migron: and the people that <i>were</i> with him <i>were</i> about six hundred men;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/15-34.htm">1 Samuel 15:34</a></b></br> Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.</p><p class="hdg">lifted up</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/30-4.htm">1 Samuel 30:4</a></b></br> Then David and the people that <i>were</i> with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/2-4.htm">Judges 2:4</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/21-2.htm">Judges 21:2</a></b></br> And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ruth/1-9.htm">Aloud</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-21.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-21.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-13.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-16.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-3.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-7.htm">News</a> <a href="/judges/9-42.htm">Reported</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-26.htm">Representatives</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-26.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-15.htm">Saul's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-21.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-4.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-19.htm">Tidings</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-22.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/ruth/1-14.htm">Voices</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-33.htm">Weep</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-10.htm">Wept</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-16.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/24-16.htm">Aloud</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-14.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-6.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-12.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-5.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-7.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-9.htm">News</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-9.htm">Reported</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-2.htm">Representatives</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-5.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-8.htm">Saul's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-16.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-5.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-5.htm">Tidings</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-1.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-18.htm">Voices</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-5.htm">Weep</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-41.htm">Wept</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-5.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/11-1.htm">Nahash offers them of Jabesh Gilead a reproachful condition</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/11-4.htm">They send messengers, and are delivered by Saul</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/11-12.htm">Saul thereby is confirmed, and his kingdom renewed</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This city held significant importance as Saul's base of operations. The mention of "Gibeah of Saul" highlights Saul's association with the city, emphasizing his leadership role. Historically, Gibeah was a strategic location, and its mention here underscores the urgency of the message being delivered. The messengers' arrival at Gibeah indicates the centralization of leadership and communication in Israel during this period.<p><b>and relayed these words in the hearing of the people</b><br>The messengers brought a dire report from Jabesh-gilead, a city under threat from Nahash the Ammonite. The public announcement of these words suggests a communal approach to problem-solving, typical in ancient Israelite society. The hearing of the people implies that the message was intended to mobilize a collective response. This communal aspect is reflective of the tribal confederation of Israel before the establishment of a centralized monarchy.<p><b>they all wept aloud</b><br>The people's reaction of weeping aloud indicates the gravity of the situation. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, public expressions of grief and distress were common in response to national crises. This emotional response reflects the Israelites' fear and desperation, as they faced the threat of subjugation and humiliation by the Ammonites. The communal lamentation also serves to unify the people in their distress, setting the stage for Saul's subsequent rise to leadership and deliverance of Jabesh-gilead. This moment foreshadows the need for a strong, divinely appointed leader, a role Saul is about to fulfill, and ultimately points to the greater deliverance found in Jesus Christ, the ultimate King and Savior.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/messengers.htm">Messengers</a></b><br>These individuals were sent from Jabesh-gilead to seek help from the Israelites after Nahash the Ammonite threatened them.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/gibeah_of_saul.htm">Gibeah of Saul</a></b><br>This is the hometown of Saul, the first king of Israel. It is significant as the place where the Israelites gathered to hear the troubling news.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul</a></b><br>At this point, Saul is the newly anointed king of Israel, and his leadership is about to be tested by the crisis at Jabesh-gilead.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/people_of_israel.htm">People of Israel</a></b><br>The collective group who heard the message and responded with weeping, indicating their distress and fear over the situation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/n/nahash_the_ammonite.htm">Nahash the Ammonite</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, he is the antagonist whose threat against Jabesh-gilead prompted the messengers to seek help.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_support.htm">The Importance of Community Support</a></b><br>The response of the people in Gibeah highlights the importance of community in times of crisis. Believers are called to support one another and seek collective solutions to challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_in_times_of_crisis.htm">Leadership in Times of Crisis</a></b><br>Saul's role as a leader is pivotal. This passage encourages believers to consider how they can step into leadership roles when their communities face difficulties.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/emotional_honesty_before_god.htm">Emotional Honesty Before God</a></b><br>The weeping of the people shows that expressing emotions is a natural and acceptable response to distress. Christians are encouraged to bring their fears and concerns to God in prayer.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_godly_counsel.htm">Seeking Godly Counsel</a></b><br>The messengers' journey to Gibeah underscores the need to seek wise and godly counsel when faced with threats or challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Trusting in God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Although not immediately evident in this verse, the broader account reveals God's deliverance through Saul. Believers are reminded to trust in God's provision and timing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_the_spirit_empower_saul.htm">In 1 Samuel 11:6, how can an invisible Spirit 'rush upon' Saul and make him so effective in leadership, given a skeptical view of supernatural involvement?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_chr_10_4_and_2_sam_1_10.htm">How can 1 Chronicles 10's account that Saul died by falling on his own sword (1 Chronicles 10:4) be reconciled with 2 Samuel 1:10, where an Amalekite claims to have killed him?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_59_4_claim_david's_innocence.htm">If Psalm 59:4 claims innocence on David's part, why do other passages (e.g., 2 Samuel 11) contradict this portrayal of his character?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_allow_enemies_to_take_the_ark.htm">Why would an omnipotent God allow His sacred Ark to be taken by enemies (1 Samuel 4:11)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Then came the messengers to Gibeah.</span>--In the preceding verse we read that it was resolved by the beleaguered city to send messengers to all the coasts of Israel, but we only hear of the action taken by Saul in Gibeah. It therefore may be assumed that this was the first city they sent to, not only on account of their ancient friendship with Benjamin, but because Gibeah was the residence of the newly-elected sovereign, Saul.<p><span class= "bld">And all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.</span>--This is exactly what might have been expected from Benjamites hearing of the terrible straits into which the city they all loved so well, and which was united to them by such close bonds of friendship and alliance, was reduced; but though they grieved so deeply, they do not seem of themselves to have been able to devise any plan for its relief, until their great fellow-citizen took the matter in hand.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 4, 5.</span> - Among other places <span class="cmt_word">the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul,</span> where they make no appeal to him, but tell their sad <span class="cmt_word">tidings in the ears of all the people.</span> Powerless to help, they can only weep; but in the midst of their lamentation <span class="cmt_word">Saul came after the herd</span> (Hebrew, following the oxen) <span class="cmt_word">out of the field.</span> Saul was not driving a herd of cattle home, but had been ploughing, and, labour being over, was returning with the team of oxen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/11-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When the messengers</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמַּלְאָכִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mal·’ā·ḵîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4397.htm">Strong's 4397: </a> </span><span class="str2">A messenger, of God, an angel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Gibeah</span><br /><span class="heb">גִּבְעַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(giḇ·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1390.htm">Strong's 1390: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gibeah -- 'hill', three cities in Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Saul</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁא֔וּל</span> <span class="translit">(šā·’ūl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7586.htm">Strong's 7586: </a> </span><span class="str2">Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and reported</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḏab·bə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these terms</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדְּבָרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(had·də·ḇā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the hearing</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאָזְנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ā·zə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - fdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_241.htm">Strong's 241: </a> </span><span class="str2">Broadness, the ear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the people,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wept</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּבְכּֽוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiḇ·kū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1058.htm">Strong's 1058: </a> </span><span class="str2">To weep, to bemoan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">aloud.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשְׂא֧וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiś·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/11-4.htm">1 Samuel 11:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/11-4.htm">1 Samuel 11:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/11-4.htm">1 Samuel 11:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/11-4.htm">1 Samuel 11:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/11-4.htm">1 Samuel 11:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/11-4.htm">1 Samuel 11:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/11-4.htm">1 Samuel 11:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/11-4.htm">1 Samuel 11:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/11-4.htm">1 Samuel 11:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/11-4.htm">1 Samuel 11:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/11-4.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 11:4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/11-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 11:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 11:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/11-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 11:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 11:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>