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1 Samuel 11:4

The messengers therefore came to Gabaa of Saul: and they spoke these words in the hearing of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 ancients of Jabes said to him: Allow us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the coasts of Israel: and if there be no one to defend us, we will come out to thee.

5And behold Saul came, following oxen out of the field, and he said: What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabes.

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Cross References

Judges 2:4And when the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, they lifted up their voice, and wept.

1 Samuel 10:26Saul also departed to his own house in Gabaa: and there went with him a part of the army, whose hearts God had touched.

1 Samuel 15:34And Samuel departed to Ramatha: but Saul went up to his house in Gabaa.

2 Samuel 21:6Let seven men of his children be delivered unto us, that we may crucify them to the Lord in Gabaa of Saul, once the chosen of the Lord. And the king said: I will give them.

Romans 12:15Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

Galatians 6:2Bear ye one another's burdens; and so you shall fulfil the law of 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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