In the gate. — The LXX. (Greek Version) here reads, “in the midst of the city.” It is not improbable that this is the original reading, it being very possible for a scribe to write the Hebrew word “gate” for “city.”
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...
IN THE GATE. Hebrew "in the midst of the gate": i.e. the open place near the gate where judgment was given....
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...
_in the gate_ Heb. " IN THE MIDST of the gate," i.e. the gateway, where they would naturally halt to inquire for the Seer's house....
_Samuel and Saul Meet._ 1 Samuel 9:11-21 _Samuel and Saul Meet._ 1 Samuel 9:11-21 11 _And_ as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them,...
_THEN SAUL DREW NEAR TO SAMUEL IN THE GATE, AND SAID, TELL ME, I PRAY THEE, WHERE THE SEER'S HOUSE IS._ Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. Satisfying the stranger's inquiry, Samuel invi...
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 יִּגַּ֥שׁ שָׁא֛וּל אֶת ־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל בְּ תֹ֣
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...
_Gate. Septuagint, "city." Chaldean, "within the gate," where business was transacted._...
(18) В¶ Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. Now the Lord in his providence had brought Saul to Samuel, and all the great events those...
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 SAUL DREW NEAR TO SAMUEL IN THE GATE,.... Either at the door of his own house, just as he was coming out of it, or within the gate of the city as Saul entered that, Samuel came to it, in order to...
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house [is]. Ver. 18. _In the gate._] Heb., In the midst of the gate; Sept., In the midst of the city; Chald...
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...
SAUL THE GUEST OF SAMUEL...
Then Saul, having followed Samuel down the street, DREW NEAR TO SAMUEL IN THE GATE AND SAID, TELL ME, I PRAY THEE, WHERE THE SEER'S HOUSE ISAIAH...
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...
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...
IN THE GATE; the gate, either, first, Of Samuel's house. But he was come out thence before, 1 SAMUEL 9:14. Or rather, secondly, Of the city; for the word _gate_ being put by itself, according to reaso...
1 Samuel 9:18 Saul H7586 near H5066 (H8799) Samuel H8050 in H8432 gate H8179 said H559 (H8799) tell...
TO HIS SURPRISE SAUL IS TREATED AS THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE FESTIVAL THAT IS TAKING PLACE (1 SAMUEL 9:18). 1 Samuel 9:18 ‘ Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, “Tell me, I pray yo...
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...
_The people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice._ RELIGIOUS ORDINANCES There is a striking resemblance between the outlines of the Mosaic, and of the Christian Church. Eac...
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....
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...
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...