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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;...
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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...
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OF. by. Genitive of Instrument. See App-17.
THE HIGH PLACE. In Numbers 21:19. Bamoth-Baal. Shiloh was now
forsaken. No "place" within the meaning of Deuteronomy 12. Compare 1
Samuel 7:10;...
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Inquiry for the seer
11. _as they went up_ AS THEY WERE ASCENDING BY THE ASCENT TO THE
CITY. The Hebrew has a peculiar construction, the repetition of which
is characteristic of this chapter. Cp. 1 Sa...
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_he is before you_ BEFORE THEE, addressing the speaker. It is a
direction to go straight forward.
_he came to day to the city_ If "the city" was Ramah, Samuel may have
been absent from home on one of...
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IN THE HIGH PLACE— Though the word במה _bamah,_ says Mr. Locke,
properly signifies _a high place,_ or place of sacrifice; yet it is
here rendered by the Targum, as it is often elsewhere, _domus
accubi...
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_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,...
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_AND THEY ANSWERED THEM, AND SAID, HE IS; BEHOLD, HE IS BEFORE YOU:
MAKE HASTE NOW, FOR HE CAME TO DAY TO THE CITY; FOR THERE IS A
SACRIFICE OF THE PEOPLE TO DAY IN THE HIGH PLACE:_
In the high place...
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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...
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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...
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HE CAME TO-DAY. — The little scene — in itself in no way
remarkable — is recounted by an eye-witness, evidently as
introducing momentous consequences.
Every detail of that day’s proceedings was of dee...
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וַ תַּעֲנֶ֧ינָה אֹותָ֛ם וַ
תֹּאמַ֥רְנָה יֵּ֖שׁ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you:
make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for [there is] a (g)
sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
(g) That is...
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A sacrifice. The law did not allow of sacrifices in any other place,
but at the tabernacle, or temple, in which the ark of the covenant was
kept; but Samuel, by divine dispensation, offered sacrifices...
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(10) Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So
they went unto the city where the man of God was. (11) В¶ And as
they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going ou...
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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...
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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...
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AND THEY ANSWERED THEM, AND SAID, HE IS,.... That is, he is in the
city, at home, and to be spoken with:
BEHOLD, HE IS BEFORE YOU; his house is straight before you as you go
along, you cannot miss of...
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And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you:
make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for [there is] a
sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
Ver. 12. _And t...
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_He came to-day to the city_ He had been travelling abroad, and was
now returned to his own house in Ramah. _High place_ Upon the hill
mentioned 1 Samuel 9:11, and near the altar which Samuel built fo...
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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...
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And they answered them and said, He is; behold, he is before you. Make
haste now, for he came today to the city, having returned from one of
his periodical trips, 1 Samuel 7:16; FOR THERE IS A SACRIFI...
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SAUL THE GUEST OF SAMUEL...
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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...
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SACRIFICE:
Or, feast...
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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...
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HE CAME TODAY TO THE CITY: she so speaks, though this was his own
constant habitation, because he had been travelling abroad, possibly
in his circuit, described 1 SAMUEL 7:16,17, and was now returned...
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1 Samuel 9:12 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) is H3426 ahead
H6440 Hurry H4116 (H8761) today...
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THEY GO TO SEEK HELP FROM THE PROPHET WHOM THE SERVANT KNOWS ABOUT (1
SAMUEL 9:6).
1 Samuel 9:6
‘ And he said to him, “Look now, there is in this city a man of
God, and he is a man who is held in ho...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 9:12 As they prepared to enter Canaan, the
Israelites were told to destroy all the “high places” of the
Canaanites (Numbers 33:52). However, worship of the Lord at such
place...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
SELECTION OF SAUL AS KING BY THE VOICE OF PROPHECY. GENEALOGY OF SAUL
(1 Samuel 9:1)....
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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...
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1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Corinthians 5:8; 1 Kings 3:2;...
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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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Came to — day to the city — He had been travelling abroad, and was
now returned to his own house in Ramah. High place — Upon the hill
mentioned 1 Samuel 9:11, and near the altar which Samuel built for...