Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:10 - 11:10

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:10 - 11:10


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They did and might reasonably and justly understand their own condition before proposed, 1Sa_11:3, if none came to save them; which they were not now obliged to repeat, although they conjectured that their enemies would understand it absolutely, whose error therein they were no more obliged to correct, than to prevent their destruction. Nor did they tell any lie herein, but only concealed part of their intentions, to render their enemy more secure and fit for ruin; which kind of stratagems are usual, and allowed by all persons.