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Verse 1 Samuel 9:20. _AS FOR THINE ASSES_] Thus he shows him that he
knew what was in his heart, God having previously revealed these
things to Samuel.
_AND ON WHOM_ IS _ALL THE DESIRE OF ISRAEL?_] S...
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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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MIND. Hebrew "heart ". "do not regard them"....
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_three days ago_ Heb. "to-day three days" = "the day before
yesterday," according to the _inclusive_Hebrew reckoning.
_set not thy mind on them_ "Set not THY HEART on them." Be not anxious
for them....
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Saul entertained by Samuel
15. _Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear_ Lit. "had uncovered
Samuel's ear," a figure of speech said to be derived from the practice
of removing the hair or a corner of...
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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 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...
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9:20 all (c-40) Others read 'Whose shall be everything desirable in
Israel? Shall it not be thine and all ...?'...
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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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ON WHOM _is_ ALL THE DESIRE] RV 'for whom is all that is desirable in
Israel. Is it not for thee?' cp. Haggai 2:7; RM....
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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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וְ לָ † אֲתֹנֹ֞ות הָ אֹבְדֹ֣ות לְךָ֗...
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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 which...
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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 as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind
on them; for they are found. And (l) on whom [is] all the desire of
Israel? [Is it] not on thee, and on all thy father's house?...
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CHAPTER IX.
_ Best. The regal power, which all desired. Hebrew, "to or on whom is
all the desire of Israel?" Any great felicity is called a desire, as
the Messias, the spouse in the Canticle [of Cant...
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(19) And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before
me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me today, and tomorrow I
will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine he...
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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 AS FOR THINE ASSES THAT WERE LOST THREE DAYS AGO,.... Which,
according to Kimchi, is to be understood not of the time from whence
they were lost, but to be reckoned from the time that Saul had bee...
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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?
Ver....
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_As for thine asses that were lost_, &c. This must have satisfied Saul
that he was a prophet, as he hereby showed that he knew for what Saul
came to him, though he had not told him. _And on whom is al...
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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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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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THREE DAYS AGO:
_ Heb._ today three days...
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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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SET NOT THY MIND ON THEM; trouble not thy mind about them. ON WHOM IS
ALL THE DESIRE OF ISRAEL? who is he that shall be that thing or person
which all Israel desire to have, to wit, a king? IS IT NOT...
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1 Samuel 9:20 donkeys H860 lost H6 (H8802) three H7969 days H3117 ago
H3117 anxious H7760 (H8799)...
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TO HIS SURPRISE SAUL IS TREATED AS THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE FESTIVAL
THAT IS TAKING PLACE (1 SAMUEL 9:18).
1 Samuel 9:18
‘ Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, “Tell me, I
pray yo...
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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 9:20 FOR WHOM IS ALL THAT IS DESIRABLE IN
ISRAEL? As king, why should Saul concern himself with donkeys when he
will receive the choicest things of the land (see...
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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
monarch...
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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 29:3; 1 Samuel 12:13; 1 Samuel 12:15; 1 Samuel 4:20;...
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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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On whom — Who is he that shall be that, which all Israel desire to
have, namely, a king. Father's house — That honour is designed for
thee, and, after thy death, for thy family or posterity, is by thy...