And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
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Gill's Exposition
But the children of Belial said,.... Wicked, dissolute, lawless persons; men without a yoke, as the word signifies, who did not care to be under the yoke of government, at least not under the yoke of…
Barnes' Notes
A band of men - Rather, “the host,” “men of valor,” There seems to be an opposition intended between the “valiant men” and the “children of Belial” (1Sa 10:27).
Adam Clarke
A band of men - Not a military band, as I imagine, but some secret friends, or companions, who were personally attached to him. Others think that all the men fit to bear arms are intended; but this…
Saul's nomination to the throne is here made public, in a general assembly of the elders of Israel, the representatives of their respective tribes at Mizpeh. It is probable that this convention of the…
Cambridge Bible
there went with him a band of men Or, the valiant men. Saul was escorted home by those who accepted him as the choice of Jehovah, but
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