1 Samuel 11:7

He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever doesn’t come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

World English Bible
Learn

Your notes

Private to you. Anything you write on this verse, here or while reading, shows up here and in My study.

Other translations

WEBBE

He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, then sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever doesn’t come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” The dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

BSB

He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.

KJV

And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

ASV

And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the dread of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

BBE

And he took two oxen and, cutting them up, sent them through all the land of Israel by the hand of runners, saying, If any man does not come out after Saul and Samuel, this will be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord came on the people and they came out like one man.

Original Hebrew

Look up a word

Tap a word to see what it means and everywhere else it's used.

וַיִּקַּח vai·yi·kach and he took H3947 צֶמֶד tze·med a pair of H6776 בָּקָר ba·kar ox[en] H1241 וַיְנַתְּחֵהוּ vay·na·te·che·hu and he cut in pieces it H5408 וַיְשַׁלַּח vay·sha·lach and he sent [them] H7971 בְּכָל־ be·khol in all H3605 גְּבוּל ge·vul [the] territory of H1366 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 בְּיַד be·yad by [the] hand of H3027 הַמַּלְאָכִים ha·mal·'a·khim the messengers H4397 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher [the one] who H834 אֵינֶנּוּ 'ei·ne·nu not he H369 יֹצֵא yo·tze' [is] coming out H3318 אַחֲרֵי 'a·cha·rei after H310 שָׁאוּל sha·'ul Saul H7586 וְאַחַר ve·'a·char and after H310 שְׁמוּאֵל she·mu·'el Samuel H8050 כֹּה koh thus H3541 יֵעָשֶׂה ye·'a·seh it will be done H6213 לִבְקָרוֹ liv·ka·ro to ox[en] his H1241 וַיִּפֹּל vai·yi·pol and it fell H5307 פַּחַד־ pa·chad- [the] dread of H6343 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 הָעָם ha·'am the people H5971 וַיֵּצְאוּ vai·ye·tze·'u and they came out H3318 כְּאִישׁ ke·'ish like a man H376 אֶחָד 'e·chad one H259

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–11

The first fruit of Saul's government was the rescue of Jabesh-gilead from the Ammonites. To save their lives, men will part with liberty, and even consent to have their eyes put out; is it then no wisdom to part with that sin which is as dear to us as our right eye, rather than to be cast into hell-fire? See the faith and confidence of Saul, and, grounded thereon, his courage and resolution. See also his activity in this business. When the Spirit of the Lord comes upon men, it will make them expert, even without experience. When zeal for the glory of God, and love for the brethren, urge men to earnest efforts, and when God is pleased to help, great effects may speedily be produced.

Read Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 11 →

Cross-references

8

People & places

SaulSamuel

Topics

ArmiesTact

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.