Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
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Gill's Exposition
And it was so on the morrow,.... After the messengers were returned, and delivered their message, and the men of Jabeshgilead had given the Ammonites reason to expect that they would come out to them…
Barnes' Notes
Tomorrow - Probably the last of the “seven days’ respite” 1Sa 11:3. Their words were spoken in guile, to throw the Ammonites off their guard.
Adam Clarke
To-morrow we will come out unto you - They concealed the information they had received of Saul's promised assistance. They did come out unto them; but it was in a different manner to what the…
What is here related turns very much to the honour of Saul, and shows the happy fruits of that other spirit with which he was endued. Observe here,
I. His humility. Though he was anointed king, and…
Cambridge Bible
the men of Jabesh said To Nahash, in order to lull him into careless security, by leading him to suppose that their efforts to get help had failed.