1 Samuel 22:7

Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Saul	שָׁא֗וּל sha.'Ul	H7586	Shaul · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
servants	לַֽעֲבָדָיו֙ la.'a.va.Dav	H5650	a servant · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
stood	הַנִּצָּבִ֣ים ha.ni.tza.Vim	H5324	to station · definite article + verb, niphal active participle, masculine plural absolute
now	שִׁמְעוּ shim.'u-	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
Benjamites	בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei	H1145	a Benjaminite · noun, common masculine plural construct
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Jesse	יִשַׁי֙ yi.Shai	H3448	Jishai · proper noun, a man's name
give	יִתֵּ֤ן yi.Ten	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fields	שָׂד֣וֹת sa.Dot	H7704	a field (as flat) · noun, common feminine plural absolute
vineyards	וּכְרָמִ֔ים u.khe.ra.Mim	H3754	a garden or vineyard · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
make	יָשִׂ֔ים ya.Sim	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
captains	שָׂרֵ֥י sa.Rei	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · noun, common masculine plural construct
thousands	אֲלָפִ֖ים 'a.la.Fim	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders plural absolute
captains	וְשָׂרֵ֥י ve.sa.Rei	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
hundreds	מֵאֽוֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Samuel 8:14-15 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
1 Kings 12:16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither h…
1 Samuel 8:11-12 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his ch…
1 Samuel 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
1 Samuel 20:27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son,…
1 Samuel 20:30 Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou has…
1 Samuel 22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the so…
1 Samuel 22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and has…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 22:6-19

We have seen the progress of David's troubles; now here we have the progress of Saul's wickedness. He seems to have laid aside the thoughts of all other business and to have devoted himself wholly to the pursuit of David. He heard at length, by the common fame of the country, that David was discovered (that is, that he appeared publicly and enlisted men into his service); and hereupon he called all his servants about him, and sat down under a tree, or grove, in the high place at Gibeah, with his spear in his hand for a sceptre, intimating the force by which he designed to rule, and the present temper of his spirit, or its distemper rather, which was to kill all that stood in his way. In this…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 22:7

Hear now, ye Benjamites--This was an appeal to stimulate the patriotism or jealousy of his own tribe, from which he insinuated it was the design of David to transfer the kingdom to another. This address seems to have been made on hearing of David's return with his four hundred men to Judah. A dark suspicion had risen in the jealous mind of the king that Jonathan was aware of this movement, which he dreaded as a conspiracy against the crown.

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 22:6

Saul abode in Gibeah - Saul and his men were in pursuit of David, and had here, as is the general custom in the East, encamped on a height, for so Ramah should be translated, as in the margin. His spear, the ensign of power (see on Sa1 18:11 (note)), was at hand, that is stuck in the ground where he rested, which was the mark to the soldiers that there was their general's tent. And all his servants were standing about him - That is, they were encamped around him, or perhaps here there is a reference to a sort of council of war called by Saul for the purpose of delivering the speech recorded in the following verses.

John Gill on 1 Samuel 22:7

Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him,.... He took this opportunity of addressing them in the following manner, upon the report of David being at the head of a certain number of men: hear now, ye Benjamites; for Saul being of the tribe of Benjamin, his courtiers and his bodyguards chiefly, if not altogether, consisted of persons of that tribe; and therefore as they were under obligation to him, and ought to abide by him, and adhere closely to him, so it was the more ungrateful in them, as he thought, not to be concerned for his honour and interest: will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards; as Saul had done, or was capable of doing, and would do if the…

Dictionary and topics

Abiathar — Father of abundance, or my father excels, the son of Ahimelech the high priest. He was the tenth high priest, and the fourth in descent from Eli. When his father was slain with the priests of Nob, he…
Abiathar · in the City of Nob — in the City of Nob

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Samuel 22:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 22:6-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 22:7

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 22:6

John Gill on 1 Samuel 22:7

Dictionary and topics

1 Samuel 22:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 22:6-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 22:7

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 22:6

John Gill on 1 Samuel 22:7

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 22:6-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 22:7-8

Rashi on 1 Samuel 22:6