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1 Samuel 11:4

And the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told these words in the ears of the people. And all the people lifted up their voice and wept.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3And the elders of Jabesh said to him, Allow us seven days, and we will send messengers into all the districts of Israel; and if there be no man to deliver us, we will come out to thee.

5And behold, Saul came after the oxen from the field; and Saul said, What [aileth] the people that they weep? And they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh.

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Cross References

Judges 2:4And it came to pass, when the Angel of Jehovah spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice and wept.

1 Samuel 10:26And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and with him went the band, whose hearts God had touched.

1 Samuel 15:34And Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

2 Samuel 21:6let seven men of his sons be given up to us, and we will hang them up to Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give [them].

Romans 12:15Rejoice with those that rejoice, weep with those that weep.

Galatians 6:2Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfil the law of the Christ.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 11:2-5

Extremity of Jabesh-Gilead. ( b. c. 1069.) 1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. 2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. 3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and… Read the whole commentary →

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