But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
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Interpretation
Samuel tells the people, Ye have this day rejected your God. So little fond was Saul now of that power, which soon after, when he possessed it, he could not think of parting with, that he hid himself.
Glossary
- Jabesh-gilead Place
- A town on the east of Jordan, on the top of one of the green hills of Gilead, within the limits of the half tribe of Manasseh, and in full view of Beth-shan. Modern identification: Tell el Maqlub.
- Jordan Place
- Biblical river. Modern identification: Jordan River.