Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 9:25
Verse 1 Samuel 9:25. Upon the top of the house.] All the houses in the East were flat-roofed; on these people walked, talked, and frequently slept, for the sake of fresh and cooling air.
Verse 1 Samuel 9:25. Upon the top of the house.] All the houses in the East were flat-roofed; on these people walked, talked, and frequently slept, for the sake of fresh and cooling air.
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...
10:8. Saul anointed by Samuel and promised three signs in confirmation of his call 25, 26. _Samuel communed with Saul_ Preparing him for the announcement which he was going to make next morning. On th...
WHEN THEY WERE COME DOWN FROM THE HIGH PLACE, &C.— The Vulgate adds at the close of this verse, _and Saul prepared him a bed on the top of the house and slept;_ which Houbigant approves. We refer to h...
_Samuel Honors Saul. 1 Samuel 9:22-27_ 22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them in the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which _were_ abou...
_AND WHEN THEY WERE COME DOWN FROM THE HIGH PLACE INTO THE CITY, SAMUEL COMMUNED WITH SAUL UPON THE TOP OF THE HOUSE._ Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. Saul was taken to lodge wit...
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...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME DOWN. — After the public sacrificial meal at which such signal honours had been shown to the Benjamite stranger and his servant, the prophet-judge detained Saul from continuing...
וַ יֵּרְד֥וּ מֵ הַ בָּמָ֖ה הָ עִ֑יר
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...
House, probably giving him some instructions respecting his future dignity. --- As he, &c. This seems to be a second translation of the former sentence, taken from the Septuagint. It is omitted in sev...
(25) And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. (26) And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, th...
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 WHEN THEY CAME DOWN FROM THE HIGH PLACE INTO THE CITY,.... After the feast was ended; and though Ramah itself was situated on an eminence, yet it seems this high place was higher than that, being...
And when they were come down from the high place into the city, [Samuel] communed with Saul upon the top of the house. Ver. 25. _Samuel communed with Saul._] Gave him good counsel, better than any is...
_Samuel communed with Saul_ Concerning the kingdom designed for him by God, and his administration of the government; _upon the top of the house_ For coolness in the evening, and privacy. The Vulgate...
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 when they were come down from the high place into the city, at the close of the sacrificial meal, SAMUEL COMMUNED WITH SAUL UPON THE TOP OF THE HOUSE, on the flat roof, where they were undisturbed...
SAUL THE GUEST OF SAMUEL...
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...
SAMUEL COMMUNED WITH SAUL, concerning the kingdom designed to him by God, and his duty to expect it patiently, till God actually called him to it; and to administer it piously, and justly, and valiant...
1 Samuel 9:25 down H3381 (H8799) place H1116 city H5892 spoke H1696 (H8762) Saul H7586 house H1406...
SAMUEL HONOURS SAUL AT THE FEAST AND THEN EXPLAINS TO HIM PRIVATELY WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT (1 SAMUEL 9:22). To the astonishment of Saul and his servant they now found themselves as guests of honour at...
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....
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...
1 Samuel 9:13; 2 Samuel 11:2; Acts 10:9; Deuteronomy 22:8; Jeremiah
Communed — Concerning the kingdom designed for him by God....