1. 1 Samuel 11:9 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

When will the sun be hot?

1 Samuel 11:9 (ESV)

9 And they said to the messengers who had come, “Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have salvation.’” When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad.

The sun would be at its brightest and hottest around noon.1 Thus, before noon the next day, the town of Jabesh-gilead would be free.