After that thou shalt come to the (c) hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
(c) Which was a high place in the city Kirjath-jearim, where the ark was, (1 Samuel 7:2).
Verse 1 Samuel 10:5. _THE HILL OF GOD_] The Targum says, "The hill on which _the ark of the Lord was_. Calmet supposes it to be a height near Gibeah. _THE GARRISON OF THE PHILISTINES_] Probably they...
HILL OF GOD - Rather, “Gibeah” of God, and so in 1 Samuel 10:10. Two things are clear; “one” that Saul had got home when he got to Gibeah of God, for there he found his uncle, and no further journeyin...
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...
THE GARRISON. So the Septuagint, Aramaean, and Syriac, but Hebrew text has plural A COMPANY OF PROPHETS. The first occurrence of this expression. Probably. school established by Samuel (compare Acts 3...
_the hill of God_ Or, GIBEAH OF GOD. _Gibeah_is the term used to denote -the bald rounded hills of central Palestine." This eminence was distinguished as _Gibeah of God_, or _God's hill_, from the pla...
AFTER THAT THOU SHALT COME TO THE HILL OF GOD— This _hill_ was so called, either because they were used to sacrifice there, or because there was a school of the prophets, who were called _men of God._...
_Saul Anointed by Samuel._ 1 Samuel 10:1-8 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured _it_ upon his head, and kissed him, and said, _Is it_ not because the Lord hath anointed thee _to be_ captain ove...
_AFTER THAT THOU SHALT COME TO THE HILL OF GOD, WHERE IS THE GARRISON OF THE PHILISTINES: AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN THOU ART COME THITHER TO THE CITY, THAT THOU SHALT MEET A COMPANY OF PROPHETS...
See on 1 Samuel 9:1. There are clearly two accounts of the institution of the kingship. In 1 Samuel 8, the wish for a king is regarded as a sign of disloyalty to the real King, Jehovah, and, as such,...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 10 SAMUEL *ANOINTS SAUL V1 Then Samuel took a jar of oil and poured the oil over Saul’s head. He kissed Saul. He said, ‘The *Lord has *anoint...
AFTER THAT THOU SHALT COME TO THE HILL OF GOD. — These words should be rendered to the _Gibeah of God._ The writer here is alluding to Saul’s own city, afterwards known as “Gibeah of Saul.” The name o...
אַ֣חַר כֵּ֗ן תָּבֹוא֙ גִּבְעַ֣ת הָ אֱלֹהִ֔ים...
CHAPTER XIII. _ SAUL ANOINTED BY SAMUEL._ 1 Samuel 10:1. THERE is a remarkable minuteness of detail in this and other narratives in Samuel, suggesting the authenticity of the narrative, and the auth...
ANOINTED WITH OIL AND THE SPIRIT 1 Samuel 10:1 In the gray dawn the prophet sketched to Saul the events which were to happen on that day and succeeding days. All were made known to the designated kin...
On the morning of the day following Saul's meeting with and eating with Samuel, Samuel told him of his election by God to be king of the nation. This communication was made when they were quite alone,...
The hill of God. Gabaa, in which there was also at that time, a high place or altar. (Challoner) --- The prophets were not molested by the infidels, in performing their devotions, as people consecrate...
(2) When thou art departed from me today, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are...
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...
AFTER THAT THOU SHALL COME TO THE HILL OF GOD,.... The Targum is, the hill in which was the ark of the Lord, and that was in the house of Abinadab, on a hill in the city of Kirjathjearim, 1 Samuel 7:1...
After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets...
_Thou shalt come to the hill of God_ So called, either because they were wont to sacrifice here; or, because here was a school of the prophets, who were called _men of God. A company of prophets_ By p...
1 Samuel anoynteth Saul. 2 Hee confirmeth him by prediction of three signes. 9 Sauls heart is changed, and he prophecieth. 14 He concealeth the matter of the kingdome from his vncle. 17 Saul is ch...
After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, the height of Gibeah, also used for sacrifices, WHERE IS THE GARRISON OF THE PHILISTINES, for the enemies had succeeded in maintaining some of their mili...
SAUL ANOINTED BY SAMUEL...
No one else was present when Samuel anointed Saul. This contrasts with David's anointing in Chapter 16:3, "in the midst of his brethren," then by "the men of Judah" in 2 Samuel 2:4; and later by the e...
1-8 The sacred anointing, then used, pointed at the great Messiah, or Anointed One, the King of the church, and High Priest of our profession, who was anointed with the oil of the Spirit, not by meas...
TO THE HILL OF GOD; a hill near Geba, or Gibeah of Benjamin, where a garrison of Philistines was, 1 SAMUEL 13:3, called here _the hill of God_, because it was a place devoted to the service of God; ei...
1 Samuel 10:5 After H310 come H935 (H8799) hill H1389 God H430 Philistine H6430 garrison H5333 come H935 ...
SAMUEL INDICATES CERTAIN SIGNS THAT SAUL WILL RECEIVE THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT IT IS AS HE HAS SAID (1 SAMUEL 10:2). Matters were not just to be left there. A deliberately private anointing having t...
CONTENTS: Saul annointed king. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Samuel, Saul, his uncle. CONCLUSION: Whom God calls He qualifies. When God works in us by His Spirit, it serves to confirm faith and furn...
1 Samuel 10:1. _Captain._ This refers to his command, as a fighting captain. The title of king was superior to that of _na_g _id,_ or captain. 1 Samuel 10:3. _To Bethel._ The people would, and did wor...
_Then Samuel took a vial of oil._ THE DISCIPLINE OF A PROMOTED LIFE Men are not usually taken from the valley of ordinary toil, and instantaneously placed, as by the flight of an angel, upon the clou...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 10:1. “THEN SAMUEL TOOK A VIAL OF OIL,” etc. “The vial is a narrow-necked vessel, from which the oil flowed in drops. The oil, we must suppose, was not of the o...
EXPOSITION SAUL ANOINTED TO BE KING, AND SIGNS GIVEN HIM CONVINCING HIM OF THE TRUTH OF HIS APPOINTMENT ...
Samuel took a vial of oil, and he poured it over Saul, over his head, and he kissed him, and he said, Is it not because the Lord has anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? Now when you depa...
1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 15:19; 1 Chronicles 15:27; 1 Chronicles 15:28;...
Prophets — By prophets he understands persons that wholly devoted themselves to religious studies and exercises. For the term of prophesying is not only given to the most eminent act of it, foretellin...