Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, the relation of the temporal monarchy to the theocracy, the rule of God, for it was Jehovah's purpose to rule through Saul as His instrument, Cf Deuteronomy 17:14, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord, to be preserved for future generations, the Lord Himself being a witness of the act. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
Verse 1 Samuel 10:25. _THE MANNER OF THE KINGDOM_] It is the same word as in 1 Samuel 8:9; and doubtless the same thing is implied as is there related. But possibly there was some kind of _compact_ o...
THE MANNER OF THE KINGDOM - i. e., the just prerogative of the kingdom, the law, or bill of rights, by which the king’s power was limited as well as secured. It is not improbable that what Samuel wrot...
3. THE OPEN ACCLAMATION OF SAUL AS KING CHAPTER 10:17-27 _ 1. The lot at Mizpeh (1 Samuel 10:17)_ 2. The acclamation of the King (1 Samuel 10:22) Samuel called once more a national gathering at Miz...
SAUL ELECTED KING BY LOT. Continues Deuteronomic narrative, sequel to 1 Samuel 8 (see above). 1 SAMUEL 10:17 A (TO OVER US). Sequel to 1 Samuel 8 f. Samuel calls an assembly unto Yahweh to Mizpah, _i...
WROTE IT IN. BOOK. Hebrew the book: viz. the book kept before the Lord; even the scriptures of truth. See Exodus 17:14 and App-47....
_the manner of the kingdom_ A charter establishing and defining the position of the king in relation to Jehovah, and to the people. It must be distinguished from the "manner of the king" in 1 Samuel 8...
The Public election of Saul as King The thread of the narrative in ch. 8, which has been temporarily dropped in order to give an account of the circumstances by which Samuel was privately made acquai...
_Saul Acclaimed by the People._ 1 Samuel 10:17-27 17 And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord _to_ Mizpeh; 18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I br...
_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...
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...
WROTE IT IN A BOOK. — The “Law of the Kingdom,” which Samuel rehearsed before the people, and which he wrote in a roll, and laid solemnly up and preserved among the State archives, related to the divi...
וַ יְדַבֵּ֨ר שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל אֶל ־הָ עָ֗ם אֵ֚ת
CHAPTER XIV. _ SAUL CHOSEN KING_ 1 Samuel 10:17. WHEN first the desire to have a king came to a height with the people, they had the grace to go to Samuel, and endeavour to arrange the matter throug...
THE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR DESIRE 1 Samuel 10:14 Samuel dealt faithfully with the people, reminding them once more of their guilty mistake in demanding a king; and indeed they came to rue their choice. Bu...
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,...
Then Samuel told the people (k) the manner of the kingdom, and wrote [it] in a book, and laid [it] up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. (k) As it is writte...
Before the Lord. It seems that the ark was therefore present. This record of Samuel is lost, so that we cannot determine what laws he prescribed on this occasion. (Calmet) --- Josephus ([Antiquities?]...
(23) And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. (24) And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him who...
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...
THEN SAMUEL TOLD THE PEOPLE THE MANNER OF THE KINGDOM, e.] According to Ben Gersom, he laid before them the power a king had over his people, and the punishment he might inflict upon them, if they reb...
_Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote [it] in a book, and laid [it] up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house._ Ver. 25. _Then Samuel...
_Samuel said, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen?_ Though the people were resolutely bent on having a king, yet they were sensible only God could make one. And therefore they came in the beginning o...
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...
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...
17-27 Samuel tells the people, Ye have this day rejected your God. So little fond was Saul now of that power, which soon after, when he possessed it, he could not think of parting with, that he hid h...
THE MANNER OF THE KINGDOM; not the manner of the king, of which he had spoken before, 1 SAMUEL 8:11, &c., but of the kingdom: to wit, the laws and rules by which the kingly government was to be manage...
1 Samuel 10:25 Samuel H8050 explained H1696 (H8762) people H5971 behavior H4941 royalty H4410 wrote H3789 (H8799
SAMUEL PUBLICLY DEMONSTRATES WHOM YHWH HAS CHOSEN TO BE THEIR KING BY USING THE SACRED LOT, AND SAUL IS ACCLAIMED AS KING (1 SAMUEL 10:17). The private preparation of the young man Saul for his role a...
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...
_And wrote it in a book._ VALUE OR A WRITTEN CONSTITUTION A written revelation is an incomparable blessing. Is not the cry of subjects everywhere for a constitution, something written, the fights and...
_And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpeh._ THE PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF INCIPIENT KINGSHIP Long enough had Saul been in the Divine studio, and fashioned by heavenly forces, his na...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 10:25 THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE KINGSHIP represent the agreement between the people and the king about the king’s privileges and responsibilities. Here SAMUEL was the inte...
1 Samuel 10:22. “THEY INQUIRED OF THE LORD … AND THE LORD ANSWERED.” “The inquiry was made through the high priest, by means of the Urim and Thummim. There can be no doubt that in a gathering of the p...
EXPOSITION PUBLIC SELECTION OF SAUL AS KING (1 Samuel 10:17-9). 1 SAMUEL 10:17 SAMUEL CALLED THE PEOPLE TOGETHER UNTO JEHOVAH TO MIZPEH. For the
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...
1 Peter 2:13; 1 Peter 2:14; 1 Samuel 8:11; 1 Timothy 2:2;...
Manner of the kingdom — The laws and rules by which the kingly government was to be managed; agreeable to those mentioned Deuteronomy 17:16, &c. Before the Lord — Before the ark, where it was kept saf...