1 KaSamuweli 13:4

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4 AmaSirayeli onke eva kusithiwa, USawule uyoyisile ikampu yamaFilisti; kananjalo amaSirayeli azinukisile kumaFilisti. Abantu bahlatyelwa umkhosi, beza bamlandela uSawule baya eGiligali.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

was had in abomination: Heb. did stink, Genesis 34:30, Genesis 46:34, Exodus 5:21, Zechariah 11:8

to Gilgal: 1 Samuel 10:8, 1 Samuel 11:14, 1 Samuel 11:15, Joshua 5:9

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 27:12 - utterly to abhor 2 Samuel 10:6 - stank 2 Samuel 16:21 - abhorred 2 Samuel 23:14 - garrison 1 Chronicles 11:16 - the Philistines' 1 Chronicles 19:6 - odious

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines,.... For though it was smitten by Jonathan, yet it was by the order of Saul, and so ascribed to him; it seems to be a concerted thing to fall upon the garrisons of the Philistines, and get them out of their hands, and so deliver Israel entirely from them; but it was not wise for Saul, if he had such a scheme in his head, to disband his large army, as he had lately done:

and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines; who were highly incensed against them by this action, and vowed revenge; the name of an Israelite was abhorred by them; and perhaps this action might be attended with much craft and cruelty; and if these garrisons were held by agreement, they might charge them with perfidy, with breach of articles, and so their name was made to stink among them, as the word signifies:

and the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal; by sound of trumpet.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To Gilgal - The Wady Suweinit de-bouches into the plain of the Jordan in which Gilgal was situated. For the sanctity of Gilgal, see above, 1 Samuel 11:14 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 13:4. The people were called together — The smiting of this garrison was the commencement of a war, and in effect the shaking off of the Philistine yoke; and now the people found that they must stand together, and fight for their lives.