_NOW THERE WAS A MAN OF BENJAMIN, WHOSE NAME WAS KISH, THE SON OF ABIEL, THE SON OF ZEROR, THE SON OF BECHORATH, THE SON OF APHIAH, A BENJAMITE, A MIGHTY MAN OF POWER._ Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish ... This is only a very abridged account of Saul's descent; and it is only by... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE HAD A SON, WHOSE NAME WAS SAUL, A CHOICE YOUNG MAN, AND A GOODLY: AND THERE WAS NOT AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL A GOODLIER PERSON THAN HE: FROM HIS SHOULDERS AND UPWARD HE WAS HIGHER THAN ANY OF THE PEOPLE._ Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly, х_ SHAA'UWL_ (H7592); Septuagint, _ SAOUL_... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE ASSES OF KISH SAUL'S FATHER WERE LOST. AND KISH SAID TO SAUL HIS SON, TAKE NOW ONE OF THE SERVANTS WITH THEE, AND ARISE, GO SEEK THE ASSES._ The asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. The probability is that the family of Kish, according to the immemorial usage of Oriental shepherds in t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE PASSED THROUGH MOUNT EPHRAIM, AND PASSED THROUGH THE LAND OF SHALISHA, BUT THEY FOUND THEM NOT: THEN THEY PASSED THROUGH THE LAND OF SHALIM, AND THERE THEY WERE NOT: AND HE PASSED THROUGH THE LAND OF THE BENJAMITES, BUT THEY FOUND THEM NOT._ He passed through mount Ephraim. This being situa... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO THE LAND OF ZUPH, SAUL SAID TO HIS SERVANT THAT WAS WITH HIM, COME, AND LET US RETURN; LEST MY FATHER LEAVE CARING FOR THE ASSES, AND TAKE THOUGHT FOR US._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, BEHOLD NOW, THERE IS IN THIS CITY A MAN OF GOD, AND HE IS AN HONOURABLE MAN; ALL THAT HE SAITH COMETH SURELY TO PASS: NOW LET US GO THITHER; PERADVENTURE HE CAN SHEW US OUR WAY THAT WE SHOULD GO._ Then is in this city a man of God. Ramah was the usual residence of Samuel; but... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID SAUL TO HIS SERVANT, BUT, BEHOLD, IF WE GO, WHAT SHALL WE BRING THE MAN? FOR THE BREAD IS SPENT IN OUR VESSELS, AND THERE IS NOT A PRESENT TO BRING TO THE MAN OF GOD: WHAT HAVE WE?_ What shall we bring the man? According to Eastern notions, it would be considered a want of respect for an... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SERVANT ANSWERED SAUL AGAIN, AND SAID, BEHOLD, I HAVE HERE AT HAND THE FOURTH PART OF A SHEKEL OF SILVER: THAT WILL I GIVE TO THE MAN OF GOD, TO TELL US OUR WAY._ The fourth part of a shekel of silver - rather more than sixpence. Contrary to our Western notions, money is in the East the mo... [ Continue Reading ]
_(BEFORETIME IN ISRAEL, WHEN A MAN WENT TO INQUIRE OF GOD, THUS HE SPAKE, COME, AND LET US GO TO THE SEER: FOR HE THAT IS NOW CALLED A PROPHET WAS BEFORETIME CALLED A SEER.)_ Seer, х_ RO'EH_ (H7200); Septuagint, ho blepoon] ... PROPHET, х_ NAABIY'_ (H935); Septuagint, ho profeetees]. The recognize... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID SAUL TO HIS SERVANT, WELL SAID; COME, LET US GO. SO THEY WENT UNTO THE CITY WHERE THE MAN OF GOD WAS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AS THEY WENT UP THE HILL TO THE CITY, THEY FOUND YOUNG MAIDENS GOING OUT TO DRAW WATER, AND SAID UNTO THEM, IS THE SEER HERE?_ As they went up the hill to the city - now er-Rameh, lying on an eminence; and On their way they met a band of young maidens going out to the well, which, like all sim... [ Continue Reading ]
_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, х_ BABAAMAAH_ (H1116), on the height. The Septuagint considers it a proper name, rendering it as:... [ Continue Reading ]
_AS SOON AS YE BE COME INTO THE CITY, YE SHALL STRAIGHTWAY FIND HIM, BEFORE HE GO UP TO THE HIGH PLACE TO EAT: FOR THE PEOPLE WILL NOT EAT UNTIL HE COME, BECAUSE HE DOTH BLESS THE SACRIFICE; AND AFTERWARDS THEY EAT THAT BE BIDDEN. NOW THEREFORE GET YOU UP; FOR ABOUT THIS TIME YE SHALL FIND HIM._ No... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY WENT UP INTO THE CITY: AND WHEN THEY WERE COME INTO THE CITY, BEHOLD, SAMUEL CAME OUT AGAINST THEM, FOR TO GO UP TO THE HIGH PLACE._ Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. Such were the simple manners of the times, that this prophet-the chief man in Israel-was seen... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE LORD HAD TOLD SAMUEL IN HIS EAR A DAY BEFORE SAUL CAME, SAYING,_ Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before, х_ GAALAAH_ (H1540) _ 'ET_ (H854) _ 'OZEN_ (H241), uncovered the ear] - i:e., caused him to know, imparted to him the knowledge of His intended purpose (cf. 2 Samuel 7:27)... [ Continue Reading ]
_TO MORROW ABOUT THIS TIME I WILL SEND THEE A MAN OUT OF THE LAND OF BENJAMIN, AND THOU SHALT ANOINT HIM TO BE CAPTAIN OVER MY PEOPLE ISRAEL, THAT HE MAY SAVE MY PEOPLE OUT OF THE HAND OF THE PHILISTINES: FOR I HAVE LOOKED UPON MY PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEIR CRY IS COME UNTO ME._ Thou shalt anoint him to... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN SAMUEL SAW SAUL, THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, BEHOLD THE MAN WHOM I SPAKE TO THEE OF! THIS SAME SHALL REIGN OVER MY PEOPLE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 invited him to the feast, as well as to sojourn until the morrow; and in order to reconcile him to the d... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAMUEL ANSWERED SAUL, AND SAID, I AM THE SEER: GO UP BEFORE ME UNTO THE HIGH PLACE; FOR YE SHALL EAT WITH ME TO DAY, AND TO MORROW I WILL LET THEE GO, AND WILL TELL THEE ALL THAT IS IN THINE HEART._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AS FOR THINE ASSES THAT WERE LOST THREE DAYS AGO, SET NOT THY MIND ON THEM; FOR THEY ARE FOUND. AND ON WHOM IS ALL THE DESIRE OF ISRAEL? IS IT NOT ON THEE, AND ON ALL THY FATHER'S HOUSE?_ ON WHOM IS ALL THE DESIRE OF ISRAEL? This was a covered and indirect premonition of the royal dignity that... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAUL ANSWERED AND SAID, AM NOT I A BENJAMITE, OF THE SMALLEST OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL? AND MY FAMILY THE LEAST OF ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN? WHEREFORE THEN SPEAKEST THOU SO TO ME?_ Am not I a Benjamite ... By selecting a king from this least and nearly extinct tribe (Judges 20:... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAMUEL TOOK SAUL AND HIS SERVANT, AND BROUGHT THEM INTO THE PARLOUR, AND MADE THEM SIT IN THE CHIEFEST PLACE AMONG THEM THAT WERE BIDDEN, WHICH WERE ABOUT THIRTY PERSONS._ Samuel took Saul ... and brought them into the parlour. The toil-worn but noble-looking traveler found himself suddenly se... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAMUEL SAID UNTO THE COOK, BRING THE PORTION WHICH I GAVE THEE, OF WHICH I SAID UNTO THEE, SET IT BY THEE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ADH KKHHLD DHHIH IDIBFSLADS LID_ _ AND THE COOK TOOK UP THE SHOULDER, AND THAT WHICH WAS UPON IT, AND SET IT BEFORE SAUL. AND SAMUEL SAID, BEHOLD THAT WHICH IS LEFT! SET IT BEFORE THEE, AND EAT: FOR UNTO THIS TIME HATH IT BEEN KEPT FOR THEE SINCE I SAID, I HAVE INVITED THE PEOPLE. SO SAUL DID EAT W... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 with the prophet for that night. Before retiring to rest, they communed on the flat roof of the house,... [ Continue Reading ]