{"query": "Saul Who Was Disqualified", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_ef7014671fb2", "title": "Saul Who Was Disqualified", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Tall and chosen; offers the sacrifice himself when Samuel delays; spares Agag and the best livestock; consults a medium at the end; falls on his own sword.\n\nFailure mode: Partial obedience reframed as"}, {"id": "card_n_d876e22fdff8", "title": "Easton: Abner", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Father of light; i.e., “enlightening”, the son of Ner and uncle of Saul. He was commander-in-chief of Saul’s army (1 Sam. 14:50; 17:55; 20:25). He first introduced David to the court of Saul after the"}, {"id": "card_n_02ac6f811c16", "title": "Easton: Paul", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "=Saul (q.v.) was born about the same time as our Lord. His circumcision-name was Saul, and probably the name Paul was also given to him in infancy “for use in the Gentile world,” as “Saul” would be hi"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_1_samuel_9_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 9:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 1 Samuel 9:1 — We are here told, 1. What a good family Saul was of, Sa1 9:1. He was of the tribe of Benjamin; so was the New Testament Saul, who also was called Paul, and he mentions it as his hono"}, {"id": "card_n_37374f90fa93", "title": "Easton: Ish-bosheth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Man of shame or humiliation, the youngest of Saul’s four sons, and the only one who survived him (2 Sam. 2-4). His name was originally Eshbaal (1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). He was about forty years of age when"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_1_samuel_23_19", "title": "Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 23:19", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 1 Samuel 23:19 — Here, 1. The Ziphites offer their service to Saul, to betray David to him, Sa1 23:19, Sa1 23:20. He was sheltering himself in the wilderness of Ziph (Sa1 23:14, Sa1 23:15), putting"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_1_samuel_18_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 18:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 1 Samuel 18:1 — David was anointed to the crown to take it out of Saul's hand, and over Jonathan's head, and yet here we find,\nI. That Saul, who was now in possession of the crown, reposed a confid"}, {"id": "card_n_5d5608da1ea3", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_12_029: And with regard to the understanding of the words following, out of all those...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "And with regard to the understanding of the words following, out of all those truths, he chooses one to himself, who saith, But the earth was invisible, and without form, and darkness was upon the dee"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_psalms_7_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Psalms 7:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Psalms 7:1 — Shiggaion is a song or psalm (the word is used so only here and Hab 3:1) - a wandering song (so some), the matter and composition of the several parts being different, but artificially"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_1_samuel_26_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 26:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 1 Samuel 26:1 — Here, 1. Saul gets information of David's movements and acts offensively. The Ziphites came to him and told him where David now was, in the same place where he was when they formerl"}, {"id": "card_n_828b2335b91a", "title": "Easton: Nergal-sharezer", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Nergal, protect the king! (1.) One of the “princes of the king of Babylon who accompanied him in his last expedition against Jerusalem” (Jer. 39:3, 13). (2.) Another of the “princes,” who bore the tit"}, {"id": "card_n_44db9ade6c2d", "title": "Easton: Mark", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The evangelist; “John whose surname was Mark” (Acts 12:12, 25). Mark (Marcus, Col. 4:10, etc.) was his Roman name, which gradually came to supersede his Jewish name John. He is called John in Acts 13:"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_1_samuel_25_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 1 Samuel 25:1 — We have here a short account of Samuel's death and burial. 1. Though he was a great man, and one that was admirably well qualified for public service, yet he spent the latter end of"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_psalms_26_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Psalms 26:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Psalms 26:1 — It is probable that David penned this psalm when he was persecuted by Saul and his party, who, to give some colour to their unjust rage, represented him as a very bad man, and falsely"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_1_chronicles_12_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 12:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 1 Chronicles 12:1 — We have here an account of those that appeared and acted as David's friends, upon the death of Saul, to bring about the revolution. All the forces he had, while he was persecute"}, {"id": "card_n_a92ced10dc93", "title": "Easton: Saul", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Asked for. (1.) A king of Edom (Gen. 36:37, 38); called Shaul in 1 Chr. 1:48. (2.) The son of Kish (probably his only son, and a child of prayer, “asked for”), of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_1_chronicles_8_33", "title": "Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 8:33", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 1 Chronicles 8:33 — It is observable that among all the genealogies of the tribes there is no mention of any of the kings of Israel after the defection from the house of David, much less of their f"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_psalms_140_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Psalms 140:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Psalms 140:1 — In this, as in other things, David was a type of Christ, that he suffered before he reigned, was humbled before he was exalted, and that as there were many who loved and valued him, "}, {"id": "card_n_38e08b8b0a3d", "title": "Easton: Helkath-hazzurim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Plot of the sharp blades, or the field of heroes, (2 Sam. 2:16). After the battle of Gilboa, so fatal to Saul and his house, David, as divinely directed, took up his residence in Hebron, and was there"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_psalms_52_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Psalms 52:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Psalms 52:1 — The title is a brief account of the story which the psalm refers to. David now, at length, saw it necessary to quit the court, and shift for his own safety, for fear of Saul, who had "}]}