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.
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Gill's Exposition
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul,.... Where he was born, and brought up, and now dwelt; and he being elected king, it brought an honour to the place; and from hence had this name, to…
Barnes' Notes
They came to Gibeah on account of the connection between the Benjamites and the people of Jabesh Judg. 21. In the ears of the people - They did not even inquire for Saul, so little was he looked upon…
Adam Clarke
Then came the messengers to Gibeah - It does not appear that the people of Jabesh-gilead knew any thing of Saul's appointment to the kingdom, for the message is not directed to him but to the…
The Ammonites were bad neighbours to those tribes of Israel that lay next them, though descendants from just Lot, and, for that reason, dealt civilly with by Israel. See Deu 2:19. Jephthah, in his…
Cambridge Bible
lift up their voices and wept Oriental nations naturally display their feelings in tears accompanied by loud wailings. Cp. ch. 1Sa 30:4; Gen 27:38; Jdg 2:4; Jdg 21:2, &c. Achilles, Patroclus and other…
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