Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 9:24
I said — When I first spake that I had invited the people to join with me in my sacrifice, and then to partake with me of the feast, I then bade the cook reserve this part for thy use.
I said — When I first spake that I had invited the people to join with me in my sacrifice, and then to partake with me of the feast, I then bade the cook reserve this part for thy use.
Verse 1 Samuel 9:24. _THE SHOULDER, AND_ THAT _WHICH_ WAS _UPON IT_] Probably the shoulder was covered with a part of the caul, that it might be the better roasted. The Targum has it _the shoulder_ a...
THE SHOULDER AND ITS APPURTENANCES - would give the sense accurately. The right shoulder was the priest’s portion in the Levitical sacrifices. Probably it was Samuel’s own portion in this case, and he...
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...
LEFT!. reserved....
_And the cook took up the shoulder_ Rather, AND THE COOK HEAVED THE LEG. The right leg was the priest's portion (Leviticus 7:32), which Samuel had received. Its dedication to God was indicated by a so...
Saul entertained by Samuel 15. _Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear_ Lit. "had uncovered Samuel's ear," a figure of speech said to be derived from the practice of removing the hair or a corner of...
SAMUEL SAID UNTO THE COOK, BRING THE PORTION, &C.— The author of the _Observations_ remarks, that the _shoulder of a lamb_ is thought in the East a great delicacy. "Abdolmelick the caliph," says he, ...
_Samuel Honors Saul. 1 Samuel 9:22-27_ 22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them in the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which _were_ abou...
_ADH KKHHLD DHHIH IDIBFSLADS LID_ _ AND THE COOK TOOK UP THE SHOULDER, AND THAT WHICH WAS UPON IT, AND SET IT BEFORE SAUL. AND SAMUEL SAID, BEHOLD THAT WHICH IS LEFT! SET IT BEFORE THEE, AND EAT: FOR...
SAUL AND SAMUEL MEET For the picture of Samuel in this c, as a person of local rather than national importance, cp. Intro. § 6. On early prophecy, see Intro. § 4. 1 SAMUEL 9:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 10:16 comes...
AND _Samuel_ SAID] The word 'Samuel' is not in the original. 'And the cook took up.. and said.' What follows is the garrulous talk of the cook. SINCE I SAID] the Heb. is simply 'saying' (i.e. Samuel)....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 9 SAUL LOOKS FOR HIS FATHER’S *DONKEYS V1 Kish was an important man from the *tribe of Benjamin. Kish was the son of Abiel. Abiel was the son...
AND SAMUEL SAID. — There is an error here in the English translation which requires correction. Although the matter is not one of great moment, yet it is important and deeply interesting to notice the...
וַ יָּ֣רֶם הַ֠ טַּבָּח אֶת ־הַ שֹּׁ֨וק
CHAPTER XII. _ FIRST MEETING OF SAMUEL AND SAUL._ 1 Samuel 9:15. THE meeting between Samuel and Saul was preceded by previous meetings between Samuel and God. God had prepared the prophet for his v...
THE PROPHET MEETS THE COMING KING 1 Samuel 9:15 There are some favored souls to whom God reveals His secrets, Psalms 25:14; John 15:15. Covet, above all things, that habitual nearness to God in which...
The king is now presented to us, and the story of his selection is told. Saul appears in every way to be a remarkable man. He was of good position, of the tribe of Benjamin; and, moreover, was wealthy...
And the cook took up the shoulder, and [that] which [was] (n) upon it, and set [it] before Saul. And [Samuel] said, Behold that which is left! set [it] before thee, [and] eat: for unto this time hath...
Shoulder. It was the left, (Menochius) as the right shoulder belonged to the priest, and laymen were not allowed to taste of it after it had been offered in sacrifice, Leviticus vii. 32. Some suppose...
(22) And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. (23) And Samuel said...
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 THE COOK TOOK UP THE SHOULDER, AND THAT WHICH WAS UPON IT,.... Meaning either, as some think, some sauce that was poured on it, or garnish about it; or the thigh, as the Targum, and so Jarchi, Kim...
And the cook took up the shoulder, and [that] which [was] upon it, and set [it] before Saul. And [Samuel] said, Behold that which is left! set [it] before thee, [and] eat: for unto this time hath it b...
_Bring the portion_ The master of the house was wont to distribute to every one his portion. And Samuel had commanded the cook, before they sat down, not to set one dish upon the table, but to keep it...
1 Saul despairing to finde his fathers asses, 6 by the counsell of his seruaunt, 11 and direction of young maidens, 15 according to Gods reuelation, 18 commeth to Samuel. 19 Samuel entertaineth S...
And the cook took up the shoulder, evidently the heave-shoulder, for Samuel exercised the functions of a priest in Israel, AND THAT WHICH WAS UPON IT, the fat of the flesh, AND SET IT BEFORE SAUL, ano...
SAUL THE GUEST OF SAMUEL...
The word of God now transfers out attention to a man of Benjamin whose genealogy is given us for four generations, and he a mighty man of power. From men's point of view everything was favorable as re...
LEFT: Or, reserved...
18-27 Samuel, that good prophet, was so far from envying Saul, or bearing him any ill-will, that he was the first and most forward to do him honour. Both that evening and early the next morning, Samu...
THE SHOULDER, to wit, the left shoulder, for the right shoulder was the priest s, LEVITICUS 7:32,33. This he gives him, either, first, As the best and noblest part of the remainders of the sacrifice;...
1 Samuel 9:24 cook H2876 up H7311 (H8686) thigh H7785 set H7760 (H8799) before H6440 Saul H7586 said...
SAMUEL HONOURS SAUL AT THE FEAST AND THEN EXPLAINS TO HIM PRIVATELY WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT (1 SAMUEL 9:22). To the astonishment of Saul and his servant they now found themselves as guests of honour at...
CONTENTS: Saul chosen king. CHARACTERS: God, Samuel, Saul, his servant, Kish. CONCLUSION: The wise God serves very great and certain purposes by seemingly small and casual affairs. Let us therefore...
1 Samuel 9:2. _Saul, a choice young man._ Elect and good, as the Vulgate reads, endowed with intellect and elegance of figure. _Higher than any of the people;_ about eight feet in stature. David was n...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 9:1 The Story of Saul. Saul, the first king over all Israel, starts out well. But he fails as a king because he will not obey the word of God that comes through Samuel....
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 9:24 THE COOK TOOK UP THE LEG. The leg was the priest’s portion (Exodus 29:27). Saul is told in...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 9:15. “TOLD SAMUEL TO HIS EAR.” lit., _had uncovered his ear_. See on 1 Samuel 3:7. 1 Samuel 9:16. “The reason here assigned for the establishment of a monarch...
EXPOSITION SELECTION OF SAUL AS KING BY THE VOICE OF PROPHECY. GENEALOGY OF SAUL (1 Samuel 9:1)....
Now there was a man of the tribe of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, he was the son of Abiel,... and he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and [the word] goodly: [is handsome] and there...
Ezekiel 24:4; Isaiah 9:6; Leviticus 7:32; Leviticus 7:33...