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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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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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_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 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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And Saul, although ignorant of the full import of Samuel's words,
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 T...
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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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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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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...