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1 Samuel 11

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1 Aga ühe kuu pärast läks ammonlane Naahas ja lõi leeri üles Jaabesi alla Gileadis; ja kõik Jaabesi mehed ütlesid Naahasile: 'Tee meiega leping, siis me teenime sind!'

2 Kuid ammonlane Naahas vastas neile: 'Ma teen teiega lepingu nõnda, et ma pistan igaühel teist välja parema silma ja teotan sellega kogu Iisraeli!'

3 Siis ütlesid Jaabesi vanemad temale: 'Jäta meid rahule seitsmeks päevaks, et saaksime läkitada käskjalad Iisraeli kõigisse paigusse; kui ei ole kedagi, kes meid aitaks, siis tuleme välja sinu juurde!'

4 Nii tulid käskjalad Sauli Gibeasse ja rääkisid neid sõnu rahva kuuldes; siis tõstis kogu rahvas häält ja nuttis.

5 Ja vaata, Saul tuli härgade taga väljalt. Ja Saul küsis: 'Mis rahval viga on, et nad nutavad?' Ja temale anti edasi Jaabesi meeste sõnad.

6 Kui Saul neid sõnu kuulis, siis tuli Jumala Vaim võimsasti ta peale ja ta viha süttis väga põlema.

7 Ja ta võttis härjapaari, raius need tükkideks ning läkitas käskjalgadega Iisraeli kõigisse paigusse, öeldes: 'Kes ei tule välja Sauli ja Saamueli järel, selle härgadega tehakse nõndasamuti!' Siis langes Issanda hirm rahva peale ja nad läksid välja nagu üks mees.

8 Ja ta luges nad üle Besekis: Iisraeli lapsi oli kolmsada tuhat ja Juuda mehi kolmkümmend tuhat.

9 Ja nad ütlesid käskjalgadele, kes olid tulnud: 'Öelge Gileadi Jaabesi meestele nõnda: Homme, kui päike on palavaim, saate te abi.' Ja käskjalad tulid ning kuulutasid seda Jaabesi meestele ja need rõõmustasid.

10 Ja Jaabesi mehed ütlesid: 'Homme tuleme teie juurde, talitage siis meiega, nagu iganes teie silmis hea on!'

11 Järgmisel päeval jaotas Saul rahva kolme ossa ja need tulid hommikuvahi ajal keset leeri ning lõid ammonlasi maha, kuni päev läks palavaks; aga järelejäänud pillutati laiali ega jäänud neist kahte ühtekokku.

12 Siis rahvas ütles Saamuelile: 'Kes see oli, kes ütles: Kas Saul hakkab meie üle valitsema? Andke need mehed, et saaksime nad surmata!'

13 Aga Saul ütles: 'Sel päeval ei surmata kedagi, sest täna on Issand Iisraelis abi andnud!'

14 Ja Saamuel ütles rahvale: 'Tulge, läki Gilgalisse ja uuendagem seal kuningriik!'

15 Ja kogu rahvas läks Gilgalisse; Gilgalis tõstsid nad Sauli kuningaks Issanda ees ja seal ohverdasid nad tänuohvreid Issanda ees. Ja Saul ja kõik Iisraeli mehed olid seal väga rõõmsad.

   

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9397. 'And read it in the ears of the people' means to be listened to and obeyed. This is clear from the meaning of 'reading' as to be listened to, for when something is read, it is in order that it may be heard, discerned, and obeyed, that is, listened to; and from the meaning of 'in the ears' as to be obeyed, for 'the ears' and 'hearing' mean obeying, 2542, 3869, 4551, 4652-4660, 5471, 5475, 7216, 8361, 8990, 9311.

[2] Since not only hearing and discerning are meant by 'the ears' but also obeying, expressions such as 'speak in their ears' and 'read in their ears' are used very often in the Word, not speak or read to them, as in Jeremiah,

Hear these words which I speak in your ears and in the ears of all the people. Jeremiah 28:7.

In the first Book of Samuel,

They spoke those words in the ears of the people. 1 Samuel 11:4.

And elsewhere in that book,

Let your maidservant speak in your ears. 1 Samuel 25:24.

In the Book of Judges,

Proclaim in the ears of the people, saying ... Judges 7:3.

In Moses,

Say in the ears of the people. Exodus 11:2.

In the same author,

Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgements which I speak in your ears today. Deuteronomy 5:1.

In the same author,

I speak in their ears these words. Deuteronomy 31:28.

In the same author,

And Moses spoke all the words of the song in the ears of the people. Deuteronomy 32:44.

In the second Book of Kings,

He read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant. 2 Kings 23:2.

In Jeremiah,

They said to him, Sit and read it in our ears. And Baruch read it in their ears. Jeremiah 36:15.

In Luke,

When Jesus had finished all the words in the people's ears ... Luke 7:1.

[3] Because 'the ear' and 'hearing' mean receiving, discerning, and obeying truth, thus mean belief from start to finish, it was said many times by the Lord, He who has an ear to hear, let him hear, as in Matthew 11:15; 13:9, 43; Mark 4:9, 23; 7:16; Luke 14:35. And since 'the deaf' or 'those who do not hear' mean in the spiritual sense people with no belief in the truth because they have no knowledge nor consequently any discernment of it, 6989, 9209, the Lord, when He cured the one who was deaf, put His finger into his ears and said, Ephphatha (that is, Be opened), and immediately his ears were opened, Mark 7:32-35. All the Lord's miracles involved and were signs of states of the Church, see 8364, 9086.

  
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