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1 Samuel 9:17

the Lord said unto him Lit. Jehovah answered him; answered his mental question. Is this the man? 1 Samuel 9:17 is in close connexion with 1 Samuel 9:14; 1 Samuel 9:15 forming a parenthesis.

shall reign over my people Lit. "shall restrainmy people." A peculiar word, contrasting the restraints of a settled government with the license of the time in which "every man did that which was right in his own eyes" (Judges 21:25).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    REIGN. control, restrain, or rule....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BEHOLD THE MAN. — This verse, it must be remembered, follows closely on 1 Samuel 9:14, the statements of 1 Samuel 9:15 being parenthetical. The young Saul and his servant came up to accost the seer on...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל רָאָ֣ה אֶת ־שָׁא֑וּל וַ יהוָ֣ה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND WHEN SAMUEL SAW SAUL,.... Who could not but take notice of him for his height, and which might give him a suspicion he was the man the Lord had spoken of to him; and the rather, because this was t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people. Ver. 17. _This same shall reign over my people._] Heb., Restrain my peo...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The Lord said unto him_ Most probably, by a divine, silent suggestion, or secret notification to his mind, without any voice, 1 Samuel 9:15. _This same shall reign over my people_ The phraseology in...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And when Samuel saw Saul, as he met him on the main street of the city, THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, Samuel, BEHOLD THE MAN WHOM I SPAKE TO THEE OF! THIS SAME SHALL REIGN OVER MY PEOPLE, hold them in restr...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    SAUL THE GUEST OF SAMUEL...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    REIGN OVER: _ Heb._ restrain in...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-17 The very maid-servants of the city could direct to the prophet. They had heard of the sacrifice, and could tell of the necessity for Samuel's presence. It is no small benefit to live in religio...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    UNTO HIM, in his ear, as before 1 SAMUEL 9:15, by secret instinct, so as none but he could hear it....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 9:17 Samuel H8050 saw H7200 (H8804) Saul H7586 LORD H3068 said H6030 (H8804) man H376 spoke...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THEY MEET SAMUEL WHO IS INFORMED BY YHWH THAT THIS IS THE MAN OF HIS CHOICE TO BE PERMANENT WAR-LEADER OF ISRAEL (1 SAMUEL 9:14). 1 Samuel 9:14 ‘ And they went up to the city, and as they came with...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SELECTION OF SAUL AS KING BY THE VOICE OF PROPHECY. GENEALOGY OF SAUL (1 Samuel 9:1)....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 3:13; 2 Samuel 23:6; 2 Samuel 23:7; Acts 13:21

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    SAUL, THE SON OF KISH 1 Samuel 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The cry of Israel for a King. Samuel was getting old and the Children of Israel wanted a king as other nations had a king. The churches, in m...

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