1st Samuel Chapter 11 verse 5 Holy Bible
And, behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
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Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.
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And 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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And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
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And behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
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Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What ails the people that they weep? They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
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and lo, Saul hath come after the herd out of the field, and Saul saith, `What -- to the people, that they weep?' and they recount to him the words of the men of Jabesh.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field.--Saul was still busied with his old pursuits. At first this would seem strange, but it must be remembered that the regal authority was something quite new in republican Israel, and that the new king's duties and privileges at first were vague, and but little understood; besides which, jealousies, such as have already been noticed (1Samuel 10:27), no doubt induced Saul and his advisers to keep the royalty in the background till some opportunity for bringing it to the front should present itself. It is, therefore, quite to be understood that the newly-elected king should be spending at least a portion of his time in pursuits which hitherto had occupied his whole life. He was not the first hero summoned from agricultural labours to assume, in a national emergency, the command of an army. Gideon, we read, was called from the threshing-floor to do his great deeds; and to quote from profane history, one of the noblest of the sons of Rome, like Saul, was ploughing when the Senate fetched him to be the dictator and the general of their armies; and to the plough we know that that great man returned when his work was successfully accomplished and his country saved.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewJust thenוְהִנֵּ֣ה (wə·hin·nêh)Conjunctive waw | InterjectionStrong's 2009: Lo! behold!Saulשָׁא֗וּל (šā·’ūl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israeliteswas returningבָּ֣א (bā)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, gofromמִן־ (min-)PrepositionStrong's 4480: A part of, from, out ofthe field,הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה (haś·śā·ḏeh)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7704: Field, landbehindאַחֲרֵ֤י (’a·ḥă·rê)PrepositionStrong's 310: The hind or following parthis oxen.הַבָּקָר֙ (hab·bā·qār)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd“What [troubles]מַה־ (mah-)InterrogativeStrong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely whatthe people?”לָּעָ֖ם (lā·‘ām)Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flockaskedוַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, saySaul.שָׁא֔וּל (šā·’ūl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites“Whyכִּ֣י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionare they weeping?”יִבְכּ֑וּ (yiḇ·kū)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1058: To weep, to bemoanAnd they relayedוַיְסַ֨פְּרוּ־ (way·sap·pə·rū-)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 5608: To count, recount, relateto himל֔וֹ (lōw)Preposition | third person masculine singularStrong's Hebrew the words ofדִּבְרֵ֖י (diḇ·rê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a causethe menאַנְשֵׁ֥י (’an·šê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 582: Man, mankindfrom Jabesh.יָבֵֽישׁ׃ (yā·ḇêš)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 3003: Jabesh -- a place in Gilead, also an IsraeliteJump to PreviousAileth Ails Driving Herd Jabesh Matter Oxen Recount Related Returning Saul Tidings Weep Weeping Word Words Wrong
