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1Sa 11:1-4.
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1Sa 11:1-4.
NAHASH OFFERS THEM OF JABESH-GILEAD A REPROACHFUL CONDITION.
1. Then Nahash the Ammonite came up--Nahash ("serpent"); (see
Jud 8:3).
The Ammonites had long claimed the right of original possession in Gilead. Though repressed by Jephthah
(Jud 11:33),
they now, after ninety years, renew their pretensions; and it was the report of their threatened invasion that hastened the appointment of a king
(1Sa 12:12).
Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee--They saw no prospect of aid from the western Israelites, who were not only remote, but scarcely able to repel the incursions of the Philistines from themselves.
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2节. 剜出你们众人的右眼. 字面意思是「挖空」或「掏空」眼球。这种野蛮的 mutilation 在东方是对篡夺者常见的刑罚，施于首领；有时甚至在近代史上也施行于全城男性。拿辖要让雅比人作为纳贡之人仍有用处，所以不愿使他们全瞎，只是夺去右眼，使他们不能作战。况且他的目的，是要借着基列雅比人侮辱以色列民族。
英文原文
2. thrust out all your right eyes--literally, "scoop" or "hollow out" the ball. This barbarous mutilation is the usual punishment of usurpers in the East, inflicted on chiefs; sometimes, also, even in modern history, on the whole male population of a town. Nahash meant to keep the Jabeshites useful as tributaries, whence he did not wish to render them wholly blind, but only to deprive them of their right eye, which would disqualify them for war. Besides, his object was, through the people of Jabesh-gilead, to insult the Israelitish nation.
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3、4节. 请容我们派人往以色列的四境去. 这是一则有趣的证据，表明对扫罗的立王普遍存在不满。那些基列人认为他既不能 counsel、也不能救援他们；甚至在他本城，呼吁也是向百姓——而非向那王子——发出的。
英文原文
3, 4. send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel--a curious proof of the general dissatisfaction that prevailed as to the appointment of Saul. Those Gileadites deemed him capable neither of advising nor succoring them; and even in his own town the appeal was made to the people--not to the prince.
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1Sa 11:5-11.
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1Sa 11:5-11.
他们派人到扫罗那里 遂获拯救。
英文原文
1Sa 11:5-11.
THEY SEND TO SAUL, AND ARE DELIVERED.
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7节. 他将一对牛切成块子.
(见 Jud 19:29 注释)。 这种特别的战争召集方式，适合农业和畜牧百姓的性情和习惯。其本身已甚庄严，附带的宣告更对不从者带有可怕的威胁。扫罗把撒母耳的名与自己的名连用，是为使这一措施更具影响力，并对一切藐视命令者造成更大的震慑。犹大支派所提供的兵力少，暗示该支派对扫罗的不满最强烈。
英文原文
7. he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces--(see
Jud 19:29).
This particular form of war-summons was suited to the character and habits of an agricultural and pastoral people. Solemn in itself, the denunciation that accompanied it carried a terrible threat to those that neglected to obey it. Saul conjoins the name of Samuel with his own, to lend the greater influence to the measure, and to strike greater terror unto all contemners of the order. The small contingent furnished by Judah suggests that the disaffection to Saul was strongest in that tribe.
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8. 比色——这集结之地离示剑不远,在通往伯善的路上,几乎正对着通往雅比基列的渡口。集结名册上的人数众多,显出扫罗的智慧与敏捷所产生的效果。
英文原文
8. Bezek--This place of general muster was not far from Shechem, on the road to Beth-shan, and nearly opposite the ford for crossing to Jabesh-gilead. The great number on the muster-roll showed the effect of Saul's wisdom and promptitude.
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11. 次日,扫罗把百姓分为三队——扫罗在傍晚渡过约旦,连夜行军,黎明时分抵达亚扪人的营寨;敌军在三个不同方向遭突袭,全面溃败。这事发生在七日停战期满之前。
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11. on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies--Crossing the Jordan in the evening, Saul marched his army all night, and came at daybreak on the camp of the Ammonites, who were surprised in three different parts, and totally routed. This happened before the seven days' truce expired.
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1Sa 11:12-15.
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1Sa 11:12-15.
扫罗 王权 得以确认。
12-15. 百姓说……谁说『扫罗岂能治理我们?』——百姓在感恩与宽宏的情怀激动下,对扫罗满怀热烈钦佩;若非扫罗出于原则或策略,表现出与勇武同样宽宏的仁慈,他们本要对反对扫罗的少数派当场施以严惩。撒母耳冷静而睿智的提议,把民意导入正轨:他召集民兵——国家真正有效的力量——到吉甲聚集;在那里,在隆重的盛典与宗教庄严的气氛中,这位得胜的领袖被确立为王(1Sa 11:15)。
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1Sa 11:12-15.
SAUL CONFIRMED KING.
12-15. the people said . . ., Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us?--The enthusiastic admiration of the people, under the impulse of grateful and generous feelings, would have dealt summary vengeance on the minority who opposed Saul, had not he, either from principle or policy, shown himself as great in clemency as in valor. The calm and sagacious counsel of Samuel directed the popular feelings into a right channel, by appointing a general assembly of the militia, the really effective force of the nation, at Gilgal, where, amid great pomp and religious solemnities, the victorious leader was confirmed in his kingdom
[1Sa 11:15].
撒上 11:1-4.
拿辖向基列雅比人提出侮辱性的条件。
1节. 亚扪人拿辖上来. 拿辖即「蛇」之意（见
Jud 8:3）。 亚扪人早已声称对基列有原始所有权。虽曾被耶弗他压制
(Jud 11:33)， 如今九十年后他们重提旧 claim；正是他们威胁入侵的消息促使了立王的急迫
(1Sa 12:12)。
你与我们立约，我们就服事你. 因为他们看不出能从西边的以色列人那里得到帮助。他们不仅相距遥远，而且自己正勉强抵挡非利士的入侵。