. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. y knewthe Hebrews would find it difficult to dislodge them ; and that when they recovered from theblow which was then inflicted upon their power, they contrived, by the help of this hold whichthey had in the country, to bring the southern tribes (at least those of Judah and Benjamin)under a sort of subjection. Thus when Saul was returning home after having been privatelyanointed by Samuel at Ramah, and met the sons of the prophets at Gibeah, we learn that atthat place was a garrison of the Philisti
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. y knewthe Hebrews would find it difficult to dislodge them ; and that when they recovered from theblow which was then inflicted upon their power, they contrived, by the help of this hold whichthey had in the country, to bring the southern tribes (at least those of Judah and Benjamin)under a sort of subjection. Thus when Saul was returning home after having been privatelyanointed by Samuel at Ramah, and met the sons of the prophets at Gibeah, we learn that atthat place was a garrison of the Philistines. And now we further learn that the Hebrewshad in fact been disarmed by that people. According to that jealous policy of which otherexamples will viltimately be offered, they had even removed all the smiths of Israel, lest theyshould make weapons of war; in consequence of Avhich the Hebrews were obliged to resortto the Philistines whenever their agricultural implements needed any other sharpening thanthat which a grindstone could give; and as this was an unpleasant alternative, even these. [Giindstonp.] L ^Band so strict had been the deprivation of arms that, in the military operations which soon^B after followed, no one of the Israelites, save Saul and his eldest son, was possessed of a spear^Hor sword. ^H This was the state of southern Palestine, where Jonathan, acting doubtless by the orders ofhis father, attacked and overcame with his thousand men the Philistine garrison in Gibeah. vnr. I «i I- 442 HISTORY OF PALESTINE. [Book IV. Encouraged by this success, Saul caused open war to be proclaimed, by sound of trumpet,against the Philistines, and to assert his authority over the tribes beyond Jordan, who werebut too apt to regard their interests as separate from those of the other tribes, and whomight think themselves exempt from taking part in a war against a people whose oppressionshad not extended to themselves,—Saul directed the proclamation to be made not only throu
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