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1 Samuel 11

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1 Samuel 11:1 [1] The Ammonites were descendants of Lot (GEN 19:36-38).
1 Samuel 11:1 [1] The Ammonites were descendants of Lot (GEN 19:36-38).
1 Samuel 11:1 [2] This was a common military tactic used against a fortified (walled) city or garrison, to take it with a minimal loss of troops. All supplies and communication were cut off between the city and the outside world, in the hope of starving out the citizens or destroying their morale and will to resist.
1 Samuel 11:1 [2] This was a common military tactic used against a fortified (walled) city or garrison, to take it with a minimal loss of troops. All supplies and communication were cut off between the city and the outside world, in the hope of starving out the citizens or destroying their morale and will to resist.
1 Samuel 11:2 [3] Partially blinding a man made him almost useless as an enemy combatant or archer because it hampered his depth perception and limited his peripheral vision.
1 Samuel 11:2 [3] Partially blinding a man made him almost useless as an enemy combatant or archer because it hampered his depth perception and limited his peripheral vision.
1 Samuel 11:4 [4] Nahash granted the request, even though the Israelites' offer to submit to slavery (v 1) clearly indicated that they were in essence already defeated. Nahash undoubtedly believed that there was no formidable person to save Israel, and he wanted to see them willingly submit to the painful and debilitating mutilation that he had planned for them.
1 Samuel 11:4 [4] Nahash granted the request, even though the Israelites' offer to submit to slavery (v 1) clearly indicated that they were in essence already defeated. Nahash undoubtedly believed that there was no formidable person to save Israel, and he wanted to see them willingly submit to the painful and debilitating mutilation that he had planned for them.
1 Samuel 11:9 [5] Lit deliverance.
1 Samuel 11:9 [5] Lit deliverance.
1 Samuel 11:13 [6] Lit deliverance.
1 Samuel 11:13 [6] Lit deliverance.
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