After his own heart] David's actions were by no means all of them the actions of an ideal character; but he is presented in the narratives as maintaining on the whole an attitude towards God very different from that of Saul: cp. 1 Samuel 16:1.
Verse 1 Samuel 13:14. _THE LORD HATH SOUGHT HIM A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART_] That this man was _David_ is sufficiently clear from the sequel. But in what sense was he _a man after God's own heart_? Ans...
6. THE FIRST FAILURE OF SAUL AND ITS RESULTS CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The failure of Saul (1 Samuel 13:1)_ 2. Samuel's sentence (1 Samuel 13:10) 3. Israel's deplorable condition (1 Samuel 13:15)
1 SAMUEL 13, 14. SAUL'S EARLY STRUGGLES WITH THE PHILISTINES. (J), chiefly from the ancient narrative concerning Saul. Editorial notes, or additions from other sources, are 1 Samuel 13:1; 1 Samuel 7_...
MAN, &c. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. Quoted in Acts 13:22. OWN HEART. his own pleasure. Compare Psalms 89:20; Psalms 89:21. CAPTAIN. leader, or representative....
_a man after his own heart_ Quoted by St Paul in his discourse at Antioch (Acts 13:22). Cp. Psalms 89:20....
Saul's disobedience and its penalty 8. _the set time that Samuel had appointed_ It seems clear that the historian intends to refer to Samuel's injunction in 1 Samuel 10:8, although in all probability...
A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART— A variety of able writers amongst us have lately fully explained and vindicated this expression from the insults of free-thinkers. We will refer at the end of the note to so...
_Samuel's Rebuke of Saul._ 1 Samuel 13:11-16 11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and _that_ thou camest not within the days a...
_BUT NOW THY KINGDOM SHALL NOT CONTINUE: THE LORD HATH SOUGHT HIM A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART, AND THE LORD HATH COMMANDED HIM TO BE CAPTAIN OVER HIS PEOPLE, BECAUSE THOU HAST NOT KEPT THAT WHICH THE LO...
13:14 appointed (b-21) Lit. 'commanded.'...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 13 JONATHAN ATTACKS THE *PHILISTINES V1 Saul was 30 years old when he became king. He was the king of *Israel for 42 years. V2 Saul chose 300...
NOW THY KINGDOM SHALL NOT CONTINUE. — The succession was thus formally transferred elsewhere; still, when the words of doom were spoken by the prophet, David, the son of Jesse, the man after God’s own...
וְ עַתָּ֖ה מַמְלַכְתְּךָ֣ לֹא ־תָק֑וּם בִּקֵּשׁ֩...
CHAPTER XVIII _ SAUL AND SAMUEL AT GILGAL_ 1 Samuel 13:1. THE first thing that claims our attention in connection with this chapter is the question of dates involved in the first verse. In the Autho...
LEFT IN THE SPOILERS' HANDS 1 Samuel 13:13 Sternly and sorrowfully the old prophet pronounced the sentence of Saul's deposition, and suggested that already God had sought and found another prince for...
There is some difficulty concerning the opening sentences of this chapter. Some words seem to be omitted, which make it difficult to place the events recorded in their chronological setting. The Autho...
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a (k) man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him [to be] captain over his people, because thou hast not kept [that] which...
_Continue long. This seems to have been a threat, which Saul might still have escaped, if he had not proved disobedient again. St. Gregory says, "he might have been loosed from the bonds of his former...
(13) And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel...
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...
Saul reigns two years. He then selects three thousand men: two thousand are with him, and one with Jonathan. Jonathan, a man of faith, acts with energy against the enemies of God's people, and smites...
BUT NOW THY KINGDOM SHALL NOT CONTINUE,.... That is, in his family, nor in his tribe, but be removed to another: THE LORD HATH SOUGHT HIM A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART: who was David; though as yet Samue...
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him [to be] captain over his people, because thou hast not kept [that] which the...
_A man after his own heart_ That is, such a man as will fulfil all the desires of his heart, and not oppose, them as thou dost. _The Lord hath commanded_ That is, hath appointed, as the word _commande...
1 Sauls selected band. 3 Hee calleth the Hebrewes to Gilgal against the Philistines, whose garrison Ionathan had smitten. 5 The Philistines great hoste. 6 The distresse of the Israelites. 8 Saul w...
But now thy kingdom shall not continue, it would not pass on to his sons, Saul would be the first and last of his line. THE LORD HATH SOUGHT HIM A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART, this resolution had already...
Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice...
Hebrew scholars consider that either something is missing from verse 1 in the Hebrew manuscripts or that the whole verse was not originally in the text. After Saul's victory at Jabesh-Gilead he sent m...
8-14 Saul broke the order expressly given by Samuel, see ch. 1 Samuel 10:8, as to what should be done in cases of extremity. Saul offered sacrifice without Samuel, and did it himself, though he was n...
HATH SOUGHT, i.e. hath found or discovered, as men do by seeking, an anthropopathy. A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART, i.e. such a man as he desires, one who will fulfil all the desires of his heart, and not...
1 Samuel 13:14 kingdom H4467 continue H6965 (H8799) LORD H3068 sought H1245 (H8765) man H376 heart H3824 LORD...
1 Samuel 13:13 I. The impression which Saul makes upon the average reader, at least at first, is beyond all question a favourable impression. He had many of those qualifications which always go to mak...
1 Samuel 13:14 This expression clung to David, as "The Friend of God" became the title of Abraham. Yet no words have given rise to so many fierce invectives; none perhaps carry on their front more ser...
CONTENTS: The self-will of Saul. He intrudes into the priests office. His divine rejection announced. CHARACTERS: God, Samuel, Saul, Jonathan. CONCLUSION: Some lay great stress upon the external per...
1 Samuel 13:1. _One year two years._ The Seventy have not translated this verse. Something is wanting to fill up the sense; and it is supposed to be, that Saul was so many years of age when he began t...
_And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord._ FOLLY ILLUSTRATED BY THE CHARACTER OF SAUL We perhaps, had we possessed no ulterior information, m...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 13:1 In preparing for battle, Saul disobeys God’s commands given through Samuel. God cannot endure such a king over Israel. ⇐...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 13:8 Saul knows he has done wrong, for he starts making excuses (vv. 1 Samuel 13:11). Saul is unable to trust and obey the word of the Lord, so instead he responds to ci
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 13:13 Saul fails to acknowledge the prophet’s higher role as God’s messenger (compare 1 Samuel 15:11,...
1 Samuel 13:1. A literal rendering of the Hebrew text in this verse would stand thus—_Saul was years old when he began to reign, and he reigned, and two years over Israel_. The Hebrew numerals have ev...
SAUL'S PROBATION AND FAILURE (CHS. 13-15.). EXPOSITION WAR AGAINST THE PHILISTINES (verse 1-14:46). 1 SAMUEL 13:1 Saul's age and length of reign. SAUL REIGNED ONE YEAR. This verse lit
Now Saul reigned for one year over Israel; and in the second year of his reign, He chose three thousand men of Israel; and he took two thousand under his command in Michmash and a thousand were given...
1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 16:12; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 S
A man — That is, such a man as will fulfil all the desires of his heart, and not oppose them, as thou dost. Commanded — That is, hath appointed, as the word command is sometimes used: but though God t...