1 Samuel 13:7

1 Samuel 13:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
• New International Version (NIV)Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul remained at Gilgal, and all the troops with him were quaking with fear.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and some Hebrews crossed the fords of the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul was still at Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

Context of 1 Samuel 13:7

5Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven. 6When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard-pressed), then the people kept themselves hidden in caves, in crevices, in cliffs, in crypts, and in pits. And some of the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him, trembling. 8Now he waited for seven days, until the appointed time that Samuel had set, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. 9So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered the burnt offering.

1 Samuel 13:7 word by word

וְעִבְרִ֗ים עָֽבְרוּ֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן אֶ֥רֶץ גָּ֖ד וְגִלְעָ֑ד וְשָׁאוּל֙ עוֹדֶ֣נּוּ בַגִּלְגָּ֔ל וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם חָרְד֥וּ אַחֲרָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• the Hebrewsעִבְרִי‛ibrîy · HebrewH5680
• crossedעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• the Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• Gadגָּדgâd · GadH1410
• and Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• But as for Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• he was stillעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• in Gilgalגִּלְגָּלgilgâl · GilgalH1537
• and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• followedאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• him, tremblingחָרַדchârad · to trembleH2729

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 13:7

• Leviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you so that you will be defeated before your enemies; and those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.
• Deuteronomy 28:25“The Lord will cause you to be defeated by your enemies; you will go out one way against them, but you will flee seven ways from their presence, and you will be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Numbers 32:1Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very large number of livestock. So when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that it was indeed a place suitable for livestock,
• Deuteronomy 3:12“So we took possession of this land at that time. From Aroer, which is by the Valley of Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
• Joshua 13:24Moses also gave an inheritance to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad according to their families.
• Deuteronomy 20:8Then the officers shall speak further to the people and say, ‘Who is the man that is afraid and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not make his brothers’ hearts melt like his heart!’
• Judges 7:3Now therefore come, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is afraid and worried, is to return and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand from the people returned, but ten thousand remained.
• Hosea 11:10They will walk after the Lord, He will roar like a lion; Indeed He will roar, And His sons will come trembling from the west.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 13:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The words “some of,” which are the emphatic words in the King James Version, as distinguishing those who crossed the Jordan from those who hid themselves, are not in the Hebrew at all. The “Hebrews” seem to be distinguished from the “men of Israel” in 1 Samuel 13:6. (Compare 1 Samuel 14:21.)Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The land of Gad and Gilead stretched along Transjordan, which is the area just east of the Jordan River.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 13:7

• Cowardice
• Gilgal

In the dictionaries

• Gad
• Gilead
• Gilgal
• Jordan
• Saul
• Gilead, Gileadite
• Jordan River, Jordan
• Paul, Saul
• Continue
• Samuel

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings