Then the accomplishment of the two former signs is supposed, and this only of the third is expressed, because this was more eminent and public than the former: the other were only transient acts, which passed in private between two or three persons meeting together, and passing by one another; but this was a more permanent and more notorious sign, done in a more solemn manner, and before many and very considerable witnesses.
Verse 1 Samuel 10:10. _BEHOLD, A COMPANY OF PROPHETS_] See on 1 Samuel 10:5, c....
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...
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...
_to the hill_ Rather, TO GIBEAH. See note on 1 Samuel 10:5. The narrator cursorily mentions the fulfilment of the first and second signs, but relates the fulfilment of the third in detail, because it...
AND WHEN THEY CAME THITHER TO THE HILL— We refer to the notes on the latter part of the 19th chapter for a relation of the particulars mentioned in this verse....
_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...
_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....
10:10 hill, (c-8) Or 'Gibeah,' as ch. 7.1....
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...
TO THE HILL. — “To the hill:” more accurately rendered, _to Gibeah._ This was the home of Saul; the estate of the house of Kish lay evidently in the immediate vicinity of Gibeah, henceforward to be kn...
וַ יָּבֹ֤אוּ שָׁם֙ הַ גִּבְעָ֔תָה וְ הִנֵּ֥ה
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,...
(10) 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. It should seem that this gift of prophecying was...
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...
WHEN THEY CAME THITHER TO THE HILL,.... Or, to Gibeah, as the Targum, and so Josephus e: BEHOLD, A COMPANY OF PROPHETS MET HIM; as foretold, 1 Samuel 10:5, AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME UPON HIM,...
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. Ver. 10. _The Spirit of God came upon him, and he pro...
_God gave him another heart_ He immediately fulfilled the last and chief of these signs: for Saul was no sooner gone from Samuel than he felt another spirit coming into him, a spirit of holiness, wisd...
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 they came thither to the hill, to Gibeah, the home of Saul, BEHOLD, A COMPANY OF PROPHETS MET HIM; AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAME UPON HIM, AND HE PROPHESIED AMONG THEM, just as Samuel had foreto...
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...
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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...
_The spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them._ SAUL AMONG THE PROPHETS Suppose, now, you had come to school, thinking only of being the child of a cottager, and of earning your brea...
_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—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 10:9 Saul is given ANOTHER HEART and he prophesies. This is possible because the SPIRIT OF GOD RUSHED UPON HIM (see v....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 10:1. “THEN SAMUEL TOOK A VIAL OF OIL,” etc. “The vial is a narrow-necked vessel, from which the oil flowed in drops. The oil, we must suppose, was not of the o...
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...
1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Samuel 19:20...
Prophesied — The accomplishment of the two former signs is supposed, and this only is expressed, because this was more eminent than the former; the other were only transient acts, which passed in priv...