Indeed, my ESV has this:. Saul was Both the Grammar and the text suggest that there are two gaps as shown above. The NIV has the following. Saul was [thirty] years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel [forty-] two years. Saul was thirty years old a when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
Thus, the best we can doo is to attempt reconstruct the text based on the obviously round number reported in Acts where Saul is said to have reigned for 40 years. The Cambridge commentary summaries the problem thus:. Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for forty -two years over Israel. Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. The Jews are very much divided about the years of Saul's reign, some allow him but two years x , and others three, one year that he reigned with Samuel, and two by himself y , which they conclude from 1 Samuel but others z think this too short a time for the things done by him, the wars he fought with many nations, and his persecution of David from place to place; wherefore others a allow him, some seventeen, and others twenty years; but our apostle ascribes forty years to him, which must be understood both of him and Samuel; with which Josephus b agrees, who says that he reigned eighteen years , during Samuel's life, and twenty two years after his death, Juchasin, fol.
Kabbala, R. Temura, fol. Isaiah in 1 Samuel This is a messy one depending on how one interprets "reign". By our modern standard, a reign of twenty to twenty-two years is reasonable. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams?
And I think this is a bit of an embarrassment for them. And, frankly, I don't know whether there is a conspiracy here or not, but it is extremely difficult to get a complete list, a list that shows every manuscript and also shows the date and especially shows the content.
For example, we would like to know how many manuscripts are available for the gospel of Luke or for 1 Timothy chapter three. And this would not be difficult for them to tell us, but if you search and if you have got access to such a list, please let me know certainly by next year's Dean Burgon Society meeting. I really would like to have it. And I have looked and looked. I am still looking. I hope to get a complete list. And we need to have roll call of the manuscripts.
But tonight I would like to direct your attention in your Bibles to 1 Samuel chapter 13 and verse one, 1 Samuel chapter 13 and verse one. I want to speak on a matter that may sound a little bit strange to begin with, but I think you will see what we are all trying to get to here tonight. If you look at 1 Samuel 13 and verse one it says, "Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel Well, that's a great shock to you.
Of course they haven't been lost. Christ, our Lord Jesus Christ said it would be easier to lose heaven and earth than it would be to lose one of his words from the Bible. No, it is just as we read it here.
If you will keep your place here in 1 Samuel chapter 13 and verse one and also turn with me to Acts chapter 13 and verse 21, Acts 13 and verse And notice what it says in Acts 13 and verse 21, "And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
And I know that you think of this topic tonight you might say, "Well, brother Moorman, I have had many things that exercise me, but this is not the one. And, yes I had And even some of you that are preparing papers for the Society meeting this year, you would say, "Yes, as I prepared this meeting there lurking in the background is not this burning question of how long did Saul reign. Does the Old Testament Many think the Old Testament does not tell us how long he reigned.
In fact, it does tell us how long he reigned. Many people say in order to discover how long King Saul reigned you have to go to the book of Acts and there you discover that he reigned 40 years. In fact, Saul reigned two years. And in Acts chapter 13 and verse 21 the rest was just space. He reigned up until 1 Samuel chapter From then on he was not effective against the Philistines. He was just occupying space.
He got it wrong at the Bible. And if a preacher gets it wrong at the Bible he can't [? He can't have a spring in his step.
He can't have a sparkle in his eye. He can't be rejoicing in the Lord. If a preacher rejects the verbal, plenary preservation of the Word of God, of the words of God, then he has, in effect, cut himself off from the verbal, plenary inspiration of the Word of God.
You cannot really have one [? And he cannot reign. He cannot be victorious. Now he may be a powerful speaker. He may be a great administrator. He may have a large congregation. But if he gets it wrong at the Word of God, if he rejects the fact that God has, in fact, preserved his Word down through the ages, then he cannot reign.
He cannot be victorious in the Lord. And so coming back a chapter or two earlier to 1 Samuel chapter 10 we see that right at the beginning of Saul's ministry or at the beginning of his kingship or after his anointing Samuel gave Saul four signs or he recorded four things would happen to Saul on that day after Samuel anointed him.
And I think these were four great lessons. And I really think that they are four lessons for us who are involved in this battle for the text and translation, the text and translation and translation of our standard Bible. And so you turn with me to 1 Samuel chapter In verse one it says, "Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head.
Consider, ponder, get them into your heart because they are going to affect you for the rest of your life. And he said, "The first thing you are going to do is you are going to go to Rachel's sepulcher. And then in verse three he said, "You are going to come to the plain of Tabor and when you go to the plain of Tabor you are going to see three men going up to Bethel. And you will notice they are going to be carrying different things, different loads on those It mentions three kids and another carrying three loaves of bread and another carrying a bottle of wine.
You know, these were for sacrifices before the throne And they are going to be carrying some musical instruments and psaltery and they will prophesy. Want of true sense always accompanies want of grace.
Sins which appear to us very little, have dangerous consequences. Miserable is a guilty, defenceless nation; much more those who are destitute of the whole armour of God. Saul reigned one year -- see Margin. The transactions recorded in the eleventh and twelfth chapters were the principal incidents comprising the first year of Saul's reign; and the events about to be described in this happened in the second year.
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel --This band of picked men was a bodyguard, who were kept constantly on duty, while the rest of the people were dismissed till their services might be needed. It seems to have been his tactics to attack the Philistine garrisons in the country by different detachments, rather than by risking a general engagement; and his first operations were directed to rid his native territory of Benjamin of these enemies.
And Jonathan --that is, "God-given. The word rendered "garrison" is different from that of 1 Samuel , , and signifies, literally, something erected; probably a pillar or flagstaff, indicative of Philistine ascendency. That the secret demolition of this standard, so obnoxious to a young and noble-hearted patriot, was the feat of Jonathan referred to, is evident from the words, "the Philistines heard of it," which is not the way we should expect an attack on a fortress to be noticed.
Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land --This, a well-known sound, was the usual Hebrew war summons; the first blast was answered by the beacon fire in the neighboring places.
A second blast was blown--then answered by a fire in a more distant locality, whence the proclamation was speedily diffused over the whole country. As the Philistines resented what Jonathan had done as an overt attempt to throw off their yoke, a levy, en masse, of the people was immediately ordered, the rendezvous to be the old camping ground at Gilgal.
The Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen --Either this number must include chariots of every kind--or the word "chariots" must mean the men fighting in them 2 Samuel , 1 Kings , 1 Chronicles ; or, as some eminent critics maintain, Sheloshim "thirty" , has crept into the text, instead of Shelosh "three".
The gathering of the chariots and horsemen must be understood to be on the Philistine plain, before they ascended the western passes and pitched in the heart of the Benjamite hills, in "Michmash," now Mukmas , a "steep precipitous valley" [ROBINSON], eastward from Beth-aven Beth-el. When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait --Though Saul's gallantry was unabated, his subjects displayed no degree of zeal and energy.
Instead of venturing an encounter, they fled in all directions. Some, in their panic, left the country 1 Samuel , but most took refuge in the hiding-places which the broken ridges of the neighborhood abundantly afford. The rocks are perforated in every direction with "caves," and "holes," and "pits"--crevices and fissures sunk deep in the rocky soil, subterranean granaries or dry wells in the adjoining fields. Some bolder spirits had ventured to join the camp at Gilgal; but even the courage of those stout-hearted men gave way in prospect of this terrible visitation; and as many of them were stealing away, he thought some immediate and decided step must be taken.
Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings --Saul, though patriotic enough in his own way, was more ambitious of gaining the glory of a triumph to himself than ascribing it to God. He did not understand his proper position as king of Israel; and although aware of the restrictions under which he held the sovereignty, he wished to rule as an autocrat, who possessed absolute power both in civil and sacred things. This occasion was his first trial.
Samuel waited till the last day of the seven, in order to put the constitutional character of the king to the test; and, as Saul, in his impatient and passionate haste knowingly transgressed 1 Samuel by invading the priest's office and thus showing his unfitness for his high office as he showed nothing of the faith of Gideon and other Hebrew generals , he incurred a threat of the rejection which his subsequent waywardness confirmed.
Now there was no smith found throughout. Israel --The country was in the lowest state of depression and degradation. The Philistines, after the great victory over the sons of Eli, had become the virtual masters of the land. Their policy in disarming the natives has been often followed in the East. For repairing any serious damage to their agricultural implements, they had to apply to the neighboring forts.
Yet they had a file --as a kind of privilege, for the purpose of sharpening sundry smaller utensils of husbandry. Shoebox Collection Week is Here! Plus Toggle navigation.
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