Commentary Critical and Explanatory
1 Samuel 10:13-16
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
Verse 1 Samuel 10:13. _HE CAME TO THE HIGH PLACE._] I suppose this to mean the place where Saul's father lived; as it is evident the next verse shows him to be at _home_....
2. THE STORY OF SAUL AND HIS ANOINTING Chapter S 9:1-10:16 _ 1. Saul the son of Kish and the lost asses (1 Samuel 9:1)_ 2. Samuel and Saul (1 Samuel 9:11) 3. Saul anointed King (1 Samuel 9:25;...
1 SAMUEL 9:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 10:16. SAMUEL ANOINTS SAUL AS KING. (J), taken from one of the oldest narratives (see Introduction, p. 273). Note the absence of any connexion with the Deuteronomic narrative...
_he came to the high place_ When Saul parted from the company of prophets which he met descending from the high-place, he went up there himself to worship....
The fulfilment of the signs 9 _God gave him another heart_ Lit. " TURNED him another heart." Cp. 1 Samuel 10:6. The divine inspiration transformed the simple countryman into the King and Deliverer of...
_Saul Among the Prophets._ 1 Samuel 10:9-16 9 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. 10 And when t...
See on 1 Samuel 9:1. There are clearly two accounts of the institution of the kingship. In 1 Samuel 8, the wish for a king is regarded as a sign of disloyalty to the real King, Jehovah, and, as such,...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 10 SAMUEL *ANOINTS SAUL V1 Then Samuel took a jar of oil and poured the oil over Saul’s head. He kissed Saul. He said, ‘The *Lord has *anoint...
HE CAME TO THE HIGH PLACE. — After he had spent his fervour in the hymn, and probably ecstatic prayer, Saul, before he went to his home, we read, betook himself at once to the high place of Gibeah, wh...
וַ יְכַל֙ מֵֽ הִתְנַבֹּ֔ות וַ יָּבֹ֖א הַ
CHAPTER XIII. _ SAUL ANOINTED BY SAMUEL._ 1 Samuel 10:1. THERE is a remarkable minuteness of detail in this and other narratives in Samuel, suggesting the authenticity of the narrative, and the auth...
ANOINTED WITH OIL AND THE SPIRIT 1 Samuel 10:1 In the gray dawn the prophet sketched to Saul the events which were to happen on that day and succeeding days. All were made known to the designated kin...
On the morning of the day following Saul's meeting with and eating with Samuel, Samuel told him of his election by God to be king of the nation. This communication was made when they were quite alone,...
_Place. Returning to his father's house, after the Spirit had ceased to inspire him, and the prophets had retired home. His relations, suspecting something more than common had been revealed to Saul b...
(11) And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is...
We have already seen that the desire and deliberate decision of the people for a king was a direct blow at the government of God in Israel; but the time was come to permit the will of the people to ha...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 8, 9, AND 10. But faith is not transmitted by succession. Samuel could not make prophets of his sons. They were no better as judges than Eli's sons had been a...
AND WHEN HE HAD MADE AN END OF PROPHESYING,.... For, as Procopius Gazaeus observes, he had not the gift of prophecy always; it did not continue with him, but, like that of the seventy elders in the ti...
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. Ver. 13. _He came to the high place._] _Ut animum colligeret, et Deo gratias ageret,_ _a_ to bless God, to pray for his blessing...
_When he had made an end of prophesying_ Herein he differed from the prophets who met him, in that he prophesied but for a short time, this not being his office. And when he had done he went up to the...
1 Samuel anoynteth Saul. 2 Hee confirmeth him by prediction of three signes. 9 Sauls heart is changed, and he prophecieth. 14 He concealeth the matter of the kingdome from his vncle. 17 Saul is ch...
And when he had made an end of prophesying, when the ecstatic mood left him, HE CAME TO THE HIGH PLACE, probably to pray and sacrifice in the holy place after experiencing the divine favor and goodnes...
SAUL ANOINTED BY SAMUEL...
No one else was present when Samuel anointed Saul. This contrasts with David's anointing in Chapter 16:3, "in the midst of his brethren," then by "the men of Judah" in 2 Samuel 2:4; and later by the e...
9-16 The signs Samuel had given Saul, came to pass punctually; he found that God had given him another heart, another disposition of mind. Yet let not an outward show of devotion, and a sudden change...
Returning thither with the prophets, there to praise God for these wonderful favours, and to beg counsel and help from God in this high business....
1 Samuel 10:13 finished H3615 (H8762) prophesying H5012 (H8692) went H935 (H8799) place H1116...
ALL THE SIGNS THAT SAMUEL GAVE HIM ARE FULFILLED (1 SAMUEL 10:9). We now learn that all the signs promised were fulfilled. The only detail given is of the last one, bringing out how important it was....
CONTENTS: Saul annointed king. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Samuel, Saul, his uncle. CONCLUSION: Whom God calls He qualifies. When God works in us by His Spirit, it serves to confirm faith and furn...
1 Samuel 10:1. _Captain._ This refers to his command, as a fighting captain. The title of king was superior to that of _na_g _id,_ or captain. 1 Samuel 10:3. _To Bethel._ The people would, and did wor...
_Then Samuel took a vial of oil._ THE DISCIPLINE OF A PROMOTED LIFE Men are not usually taken from the valley of ordinary toil, and instantaneously placed, as by the flight of an angel, upon the clou...
1 Samuel 10:13. “WHEN HE HAD MADE AN END OF PROPHESYING.” “The gift, therefore, in his case, was transitory, not permanent, as in Samuel’s: compare the case of Eldad and Medad, and the other elders, a...
EXPOSITION SAUL ANOINTED TO BE KING, AND SIGNS GIVEN HIM CONVINCING HIM OF THE TRUTH OF HIS APPOINTMENT ...
Samuel took a vial of oil, and he poured it over Saul, over his head, and he kissed him, and he said, Is it not because the Lord has anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? Now when you depa...
High place — Returning thither with the prophets, to praise God for these wonderful favours, and to beg counsel and help from God in this high business....