So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned himself, he struck them down.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Soba, in the north. (Menochius)
Rohob was the capital of another part of Coelosyria, 1 Paralipomenon xviii. 3., and 2 Kings x. 6.
Overcame. We are not to judge of the virtue of a man from his success in the world. (Calmet)
Under the reign of Saul, the tribe of Ruben overcame the Agarites, 1 Paralipomenon v. 10, 18. (Salien, the year of the world 2965.)