For seven years it is said that war raged between the Davidic coalition in the south and the Saulide coalition in the north.
In the mid-eleventh century events were leading toward a decisive battle between Israel and the Philistines for supremacy in the Land of Canaan.
David’s home was Bethlehem, the key town in the true heartland of the tribe of Judah. His prowess as a warrior and as a musician enabled him to rise rapidly in the ranks of the young kingdom (1 Sam 18:13).
After the initial Israelite penetration into the Land of Canaan, the next pericope deals with the Gibeonite ruse and the resultant battle with the ruler of Jerusalem and his allies.
The campaign of Alexander to the conquest of Tyre
In the tribe of Benjamin, a hero named Ehud son of Gera delivered his people from Transjordanian aggression (Judg 3:12–30).
According to some scholars, the reference to Jabin in the narrative of Deborah’s victory is a later addition and that the original leader of the Canaanite coalition in Judges 4 and 5 was Sisera. However, Sisera is never called a king, nor does he have a specific city of his own.
The first, and crucial stage in Saul’s war against his most formidable enemy, the Philistines, was his expulsion of their oppressive military presence in the central hill country.
Saul’s first trial as a military leader was the rescue of the beleaguered residents of Jabesh-gilead (1 Sam 11:1–11). Nahash, king of the sons of Ammon, laid siege to their town and had demanded cruel and humiliating terms of surrender.
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