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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....
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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; 1 S...
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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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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 t...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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 come...
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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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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...
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וַ יֵּרְד֥וּ מֵ הַ בָּמָ֖ה הָ עִ֑יר וַ
יְדַבֵּ֥ר עִם ־שָׁא֖וּל עַל ־הַ
גָּֽג׃...
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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...
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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 whic...
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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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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...
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(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...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 9:25 down H3381 (H8799) place H1116 city H5892 spoke H1696
(H8762) Saul H7586 house H1406
And when - 1 Samuel 9:13
the top - Deuteronomy 22:8; 2 Samuel 11:2; Nehemiah 8:16;...
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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...
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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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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
monarc...
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EXPOSITION
SELECTION OF SAUL AS KING BY THE VOICE OF PROPHECY. GENEALOGY OF SAUL
(1 Samuel 9:1).
1 SAMUEL 9:1
A MAN … WHOSE NAME WAS KISH. The genealogy of Saul is rendered
obscure by the Hebrew cus...
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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 Samuel 9:13; 2 Samuel 11:2; Acts 10:9; Deuteronomy 22:8; Jeremiah
19:13; Matthew 10:27; Nehemiah 8:16...
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Communed — Concerning the kingdom designed for him by God....