_THEN SAMUEL TOOK A VIAL OF OIL, AND POURED IT UPON HIS HEAD, AND KISSED HIM, AND SAID, IS IT NOT BECAUSE THE LORD HATH ANOINTED THEE TO BE CAPTAIN OVER HIS INHERITANCE?_ Then Samuel took a vial of oil. This was the ancient (Judges 9:8) ceremony of investiture with the royal office among the Hebrew... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN THOU ART DEPARTED FROM ME TO DAY, THEN THOU SHALT FIND TWO MEN BY RACHEL'S SEPULCHRE IN THE BORDER OF BENJAMIN AT ZELZAH; AND THEY WILL SAY UNTO THEE, THE ASSES WHICH THOU WENTEST TO SEEK ARE FOUND: AND, LO, THY FATHER HATH LEFT THE CARE OF THE ASSES, AND SORROWETH FOR YOU, SAYING, WHAT SHALL... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SHALT THOU GO ON FORWARD FROM THENCE, AND THOU SHALT COME TO THE PLAIN OF TABOR, AND THERE SHALL MEET THEE THREE MEN GOING UP TO GOD TO BETHEL, ONE CARRYING THREE KIDS, AND ANOTHER CARRYING THREE LOAVES OF BREAD, AND ANOTHER CARRYING A BOTTLE OF WINE:_ The plain - or the oak of Tabor; not the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY WILL SALUTE THEE, AND GIVE THEE TWO LOAVES OF BREAD; WHICH THOU SHALT RECEIVE OF THEIR HANDS._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AFTER THAT THOU SHALT COME TO THE HILL OF GOD, WHERE IS THE GARRISON OF THE PHILISTINES: AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN THOU ART COME THITHER TO THE CITY, THAT THOU SHALT MEET A COMPANY OF PROPHETS COMING DOWN FROM THE HIGH PLACE WITH A PSALTERY, AND A TABRET, AND A PIPE, AND A HARP, BEFORE THEM;... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WILL COME UPON THEE, AND THOU SHALT PROPHESY WITH THEM, AND SHALT BE TURNED INTO ANOTHER MAN._ The spirit of the Lord will come upon thee - literally, rush upon thee. This phrase is used of those who, under the influence of divine inspiration, uttered truths supernatural... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND LET IT BE, WHEN THESE SIGNS ARE COME UNTO THEE, THAT THOU DO AS OCCASION SERVE THEE; FOR GOD IS WITH THEE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT GO DOWN BEFORE ME TO GILGAL; AND, BEHOLD, I WILL COME DOWN UNTO THEE, TO OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS, AND TO SACRIFICE SACRIFICES OF PEACE OFFERINGS: SEVEN DAYS SHALT THOU TARRY, TILL I COME TO THEE, AND SHEW THEE WHAT THOU SHALT DO._ Thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal. This, accordin... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT WAS SO, THAT WHEN HE HAD TURNED HIS BACK TO GO FROM SAMUEL, GOD GAVE HIM ANOTHER HEART: AND ALL THOSE SIGNS CAME TO PASS THAT DAY._ When he had turned his back ... God gave him another heart. Influenced by the words of Samuel, as well as by the accomplishment of these signs, Saul's reluctan... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THEY CAME THITHER TO THE HILL, BEHOLD, A COMPANY OF PROPHETS MET HIM; AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAME UPON HIM, AND HE PROPHESIED AMONG THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ONE OF THE SAME PLACE ANSWERED AND SAID, BUT WHO IS THEIR FATHER? THEREFORE IT BECAME A PROVERB, IS SAUL ALSO AMONG THE PROPHETS?_ But who is their father? The Septuagint reads: _ TIS_ (G5100) _ PATEER_ (G3962) _ AUTOU_ (G847), 'Who is his father?' referring to Saul the son of Kish.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN HE HAD MADE AN END OF PROPHESYING, HE CAME TO THE HIGH PLACE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAMUEL CALLED THE PEOPLE TOGETHER UNTO THE LORD TO MIZPEH;_ _ AND SAMUEL CALLED THE PEOPLE TOGETHER UNTO THE LORD TO MIZPEH;_ Samuel called the people together ... to Mizpeh - a shaft-like hill near Hebron, 500 feet in height. The national assemblies of the Israelites were held there. A day ha... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAID UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, I BROUGHT UP ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT, AND DELIVERED YOU OUT OF THE HAND OF THE EGYPTIANS, AND OUT OF THE HAND OF ALL KINGDOMS, AND OF THEM THAT OPPRESSED YOU:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAUL ALSO WENT HOME TO GIBEAH; AND THERE WENT WITH HIM A BAND OF MEN, WHOSE HEARTS GOD HAD TOUCHED._ SAUL ALSO WENT HOME TO GIBEAH. This was his place of residence (see the note at Judges 20:20), about five miles north of Jerusalem; and, from its being the capital during his reign, whence it wa... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE CHILDREN OF BELIAL SAID, HOW SHALL THIS MAN SAVE US? AND THEY DESPISED HIM, AND BROUGHT HIM NO PRESENTS. BUT HE HELD HIS PEACE._ Brought him no presents. In Eastern countries the honour of the sovereign and the splendour of the royal household are upheld, not by a fixed rate of taxation, b... [ Continue Reading ]