Saul's search for his Father's Asses
3. the asses In the East asses are valuable property, indispensable for farm-work and travelling. The possession of a drove of asses, and several servants, indicates that Kish was a man of some substance.
Verse 1 Samuel 9:3. _THE ASSES OF KISH - WERE LOST_] What a wonderful train of occurrences were connected in order to bring Saul to the throne of Israel! Every thing seems to go on according to the _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...
LOST. Contrast David, who had charge of his father's "sheep", and " _kept_ them "(1 Samuel 16:11); with Saul, who _lost_ his father's "asses" (1 Samuel 9:3). SERVANTS. young men. Tradition says "Doeg...
KISH SAID TO SAUL HIS SON, TAKE NOW ONE OF THE SERVANTS WITH THEE— This commission was but mean, if we are to judge of it by our manners; but in ancient times every thing which pertained to rural life...
_Saul's Search For His Father's Asses. 1 Samuel 9:1-5_ Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name _was_ Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite...
_AND THE ASSES OF KISH SAUL'S FATHER WERE LOST. AND KISH SAID TO SAUL HIS SON, TAKE NOW ONE OF THE SERVANTS WITH THEE, AND ARISE, GO SEEK THE ASSES._ The asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. The...
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...
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...
וַ תֹּאבַ֨דְנָה֙ הָ אֲתֹנֹ֔ות לְ קִ֖ישׁ אֲבִ֣
CHAPTER XI. _ SAUL BROUGHT TO SAMUEL._ 1 Samuel 9:1. GOD'S providence is a wonderful scheme; a web of many threads, woven with marvelous skill; a network composed of all kinds of materials, great a...
SAUL IS LED TO FIND SAMUEL 1 Samuel 9:1 As a king was demanded by the people, one was selected to suit their taste-“a choice young man, and a goodly!” But the king after God's own heart was selected...
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 asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go (c) seek the asses. (c) All these circumstances were means to serve...
_Asses. The greatest noblemen rode upon such, Judges v. 10. A prince of Esau fed asses, Genesis xxx. 24. Agriculture, and keeping sheep, were the employment of men of the first eminence in the heroic...
(3) В¶ And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. (4) And he passed through mount Ephraim, and...
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 ASSES OF KISH, SAUL'S FATHER, WERE LOST,.... Had got out of the stables or fields, in which they were kept, and strayed from thence: AND KISH SAID TO SAUL HIS SON, TAKE NOW ONE OF THE SERVANT...
_And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses._ Ver. 3. And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, wer...
_The asses of Kish were lost_ Asses were there of great price, because of the scarcity of horses, and therefore were not thought unworthy to be sought by Saul, especially in these ancient times, when...
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 asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost, they had strayed away. AND KISH SAID TO SAUL, HIS SON, TAKE NOW ONE OF THE SERVANTS WITH THEE, AND ARISE, GO SEEK THE ASSES. Kish was evidently an ener...
SAUL SEEKS THE LOST ASSES...
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...
1-10 Saul readily went to seek his father's asses. His obedience to his father was praise-worthy. His servant proposed, that since they were now at Ramah, they should call on Samuel, and take his adv...
Which were there of great price and use, JUDGES 10:4 JUDGES 12:14, because of the scarcity of horses, DEUTERONOMY 17:16, and therefore not held unworthy of Saul's seeking, at least in those ancient ti...
1 Samuel 9:3 donkeys H860 Kish H7027 Sauls H7586 father H1 lost H6 (H8799) Kish H7027 said H559 ...
THE QUEST FOR THE ASSES (1 SAMUEL 9:3). The quest for the asses, and its consequence in Saul and his servant meeting up with Samuel, seems to describe just an everyday incident, but it is in fact mad...
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 9:3 Saul’s father sends him in search of some lost DONKEYS. Just as Saul is about to give up the search, God intervenes through Saul’s servant. The servant suggests that they...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 9:1. “NOW, THERE WAS A MAN OF BENJAMIN.” “The elaborate genealogy of the Benjamite Kish, and the minute description of the figure of his son Saul, are intended...
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...
1 Samuel 10:2; Judges 10:4; Judges 5:10...
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...
The asses — Which were there of great price, because of the scarcity of horses, and therefore not held unworthy of Saul's seeking, at least in those ancient times, when simplicity, humility, and indus...