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  • Chris - In Reply on 1 Samuel 11 - 2 years ago
    Hello Imoh Etuk. Nahash was the king over the Ammonites ( 1 Samuel 12:12). Jabeshgilead was a city located in northern Gilead, in a section that was assigned to Manasseh (a son of Joseph, who was the son of Jacob). The Ammonites were a kindred race to the Moabites coming from the same ancestor, Lot. So they believed that a portion of their territory had been robbed from them by Israel & in the days of the Judges, they continually harrassed Israel, so Israel went to war with them. The Judge, Jephthah defeated them with a great slaughter ( Judges 11:4-13, 28-33).

    So with this great defeat & disgrace in mind, & the prophet Samuel now ageing, Nahash of the Ammonites, thought to attempt to strike back again ( 1 Samuel 11:1). But this time, the men of Jabeshgilead weakened & desired to make a covenant with the Ammonites. The Ammonites would comply if they would first blind the right eyes of all the people, maybe as retribution for the previous slaughter. This proviso wouldn't do of course, so they sent for help & one Saul was moved with anger & then mustered up a great company of fighters. These men came to battle on the following day & slaughtered the Ammonites & those who escaped were very few ( 1 Samuel 11:11). And it was soon after this, that Saul was crowned king over Israel.
  • T. Levis - In Reply on Psalms 127 - 2 years ago
    Additional scriptures, 1 Samuel 2, Hannah, was a warrior in a sense, who birthed Samuel who was a Prophet/Warrior, 1 Samuel 3,

    1 Samuel 9:15-17, 1 Samuel 12:18-25, 1 Samuel 13, 1 Samuel 16, 1 Samuel 17,

    Ephesians 6:12-19,

    Hopefully these are helpful too.
  • Mishael - In Reply on 2 Thessalonians 2 - 3 years ago
    Comment: Sometimes you have to see a word in use (in the Bible) to see what it pertains to.

    Vain has multiple uses.

    Exodus 5:9

    Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

    Leviticus 26:16

    I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

    Leviticus 26:20

    And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

    Deuteronomy 5:11

    Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

    Deuteronomy 32:47

    For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

    And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

    Judges 11:3

    Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

    1 Samuel 12:21

    And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

    1 Samuel 25:21

    Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the
  • IRA on 1 Samuel 12 - 9 years ago
    1 Samuel 12 14,15 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
  • Mary on 1 Samuel 12 - 11 years ago
    1 Samuel 12:16-25 Principle illustrated: God does not tolerate wickedness and shows that through Samuel. God sent thunder and rain when Samuel asked Him to do so to prove to the Israelites that the Lord hated their wickedness. Because the thunder and rain came down, the people feared God and Samuel. The people then asked Samuel to pray for God to not let them die because of their sin. Samuel then encouraged the people by saying that God will never forsake them. I remember the times when I had done something that my parents told me not to do and consequences immediately followed. They did not spare the rod on me. In this case the thunder and rain came to me in the form of daddy�s leather belt. Daddy set me straight because he loved me and did not want me to wickedly disobey him again. From that experience I learned that I needed to obey my dad and that if I did not I would be paying for it later.


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