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Verse 1 Samuel 9:21. _AM NOT I A BENJAMITE_] This speech of Saul is
exceedingly _modest_; he was now becomingly humble; but who can bear
_elevation_ and _prosperity_? The tribe of Benjamin had not ye...
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The tribe of Benjamin, originally the smallest of all the tribes
Numbers 1:36, if Ephraim and Manasseh are reckoned as one tribe, had
been nearly annihilated by the civil war recorded in Judges 20. It...
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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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AM NOT.... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.
THE SMALLEST. Very true, since the events recorded in Judges 20:35.
SO TO ME. according to this word....
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_the smallest of the tribes of Israel_ The warlike tribe of Benjamin,
the smallest except Manasseh at the time of the numbering in the
wilderness (Numbers 1:37), was reduced to insignificance by the
t...
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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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SAUL ANSWERED AND SAID, AM NOT I A BENJAMITE, &C.— Samuel convinced
Saul that he was a prophet, by informing him of the business for which
he came to consult him; and this done, he acquaints him with...
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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 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?...
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9:21 tribe (d-30) Or 'clans;' lit. 'tribes.' see Judges 20:12 ....
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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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THE LEAST OF ALL THE FAMILIES] This is Eastern hyperbole and must not
be taken literally: cp. Judges 6:15....
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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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וַ יַּ֨עַן שָׁא֜וּל וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר הֲ
לֹ֨וא
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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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Jemini, or Benjamin, which was always one of the smallest tribes, and,
since the unfortunate war, still more reduced; so that none of the
other tribes could well take umbrage, or be filled with jealou...
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(21) 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...
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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 SAUL ANSWERED AND SAID, AM NOT I A BENJAMITE,.... Or the son of
Jemini, the name of one of his ancestors, see 1 Samuel 9:1 or rather,
as the Targum, a son of the tribe of Benjamin:
OF THE SMALLES...
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_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 m...
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_Of the smallest of the tribes of Israel_ Such indeed the tribe of
Benjamin was, having been all cut off except six hundred, (Judges
20.,) which blow they never recovered, and therefore they were scar...
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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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SO TO ME?:
_ Heb._ according to this word?...
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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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The smallest of the tribes; for so indeed this was, having been all
cut off except six hundred, JUD 20, which blow they never recovered,
and therefore they were scarce reckoned as an entire tribe, but...
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1 Samuel 9:21 Saul H7586 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799)
Benjamite H1145 smallest H6996 tribes H7626 Israel
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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 Samuel 10:27; 1 Samuel 15:17; 1 Samuel 18:18; 1 Samuel 18:23;...
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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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The smallest — For so indeed this was, having been all cut off
except six hundred, Judges 20:46, which blow they never recovered, and
therefore they were scarce reckoned as an entire tribe, but only a...