Plain — Not that at the foot of mount Tabor, which was far from these parts; but another belonging to some other place. Bethel — Properly so called, which was in Ephraim, where there was a noted high — place, famous for Jacob's vision there, Genesis 28:19, where it is probable they offered sacrifices, in this confused state of things, when the ark was in one place, and the tabernacle in another.
Verse 1 Samuel 10:3. _THREE MEN GOING UP TO GOD TO BETHEL_] Jacob's altar was probably there still, Genesis 28:19. However this might be, it was still considered, as its name implies, _the house of Go...
THE PLAIN OF TABOR - It should be “the oak or terebinth”” of Tabor” (Judges 4:11 note). It has been ingeniously conjectured that “Tabor” is either a different form of “Deborah,” or a corruption of it,...
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...
PLAIN. oak, or terebinth; growing generally alone, becomes. conspicuous landmark. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. BETH-EL. House of God. Evidently. place of worship, in the absence of any "place", acc...
_the plain of Tabor_ Rather, THE OAK OF TABOR. It has been ingeniously conjectured that this is to be identified with the oak under which Rebekah's nurse Deborah was buried "under Bethel" (Genesis 35:...
TO THE PLAIN OF TABOR— _To the high-oak of Tabor._ Hiller, 359....
_Saul Anointed by Samuel._ 1 Samuel 10:1-8 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 ove...
_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 THRE...
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...
THOU SHALT COME TO THE PLAIN OF TABOR. — The accurate translation of the Hebrew is “to the terebinth or oak of Tabor.” There was evidently a history, now lost, connected with the “terebinth of Tabor.”...
וְ חָלַפְתָּ֨ מִ שָּׁ֜ם וָ הָ֗לְאָה וּ
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,...
Thabor, very distant from the famous mountain (Calmet) in Zabulon. (Menochius) --- Bethel. Where there was at that time an altar of God; it being one of the places where Samuel judged Israel, (Challon...
(2) When thou art departed from me today, 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...
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 SHALL THOU GO ON FORWARD FROM THENCE,.... From Zelzah and Rachel's sepulchre there: AND THOU SHALL COME TO THE PLAIN OF TABOR; not that which lay at the bottom of the famous and well known mount...
_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 thre...
_Thou shalt come to the plain_ Not that at the foot of mount Tabor, which was far from these parts; but another, belonging to some other place. _Beth-el_ Properly so called, which was in Ephraim, wher...
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...
Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, to the well known oak or terebinth at that place, AND THERE SHALL MEET THEE THREE MEN GOING UP TO GOD TO BETHEL, w...
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...
1-8 The sacred anointing, then used, pointed at the great Messiah, or Anointed One, the King of the church, and High Priest of our profession, who was anointed with the oil of the Spirit, not by meas...
TO THE PLAIN OF TABOR; not that at the foot of Mount Tabor, which was far from these parts; but another belonging to some other place, or man, called Tabor. _Beth-el_; properly so called, which was in...
1 Samuel 10:3 on H2498 (H8804) forward H1973 come H935 (H8804) tree H436 Tabor H8396 three H7969 men...
SAMUEL INDICATES CERTAIN SIGNS THAT SAUL WILL RECEIVE THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT IT IS AS HE HAS SAID (1 SAMUEL 10:2). Matters were not just to be left there. A deliberately private anointing having t...
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...
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...
Genesis 28:19; Genesis 28:22; Genesis 35:1; Genesis 35:3; Genesis 35:6;