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CAUSED ... TO COME NEAR ... WAS TAKEN - The Hebrew phrases are exactly
the same as in Joshua 7:16, where the King James Version renders the
first has “brought.”...
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3. THE OPEN ACCLAMATION OF SAUL AS KING
CHAPTER 10:17-27
_ 1. The lot at Mizpeh (1 Samuel 10:17)_
2. The acclamation of the King (1 Samuel 10:22)
Samuel called once more a national gathering at Miz...
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SAUL ELECTED KING BY LOT. Continues Deuteronomic narrative, sequel to
1 Samuel 8 (see above).
1 SAMUEL 10:17 A (TO OVER US). Sequel to 1 Samuel 8 f. Samuel calls
an assembly unto Yahweh to Mizpah, _i...
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WAS TAKEN: i.e. by lot, by the Urim and Thummim. See note on Exodus
28:30....
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The Public election of Saul as King
The thread of the narrative in ch. 8, which has been temporarily
dropped in order to give an account of the circumstances by which
Samuel was privately made acquai...
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We are not told expressly by what process the selection was made, but
it was probably by casting lots. Compare Joshua 7:14 ff. The lot was
in common use among all nations of antiquity. It is regarded...
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_Saul Acclaimed by the People._ 1 Samuel 10:17-27
17 And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord _to_ Mizpeh;
18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of
Israel, I br...
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_AND SAID UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF
ISRAEL, I BROUGHT UP ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT, AND DELIVERED YOU OUT OF THE
HAND OF THE EGYPTIANS, AND OUT OF THE HAND OF ALL KINGDOMS, AND...
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See on 1 Samuel 9:1. There are clearly two accounts of the institution
of the kingship. In 1 Samuel 8, the wish for a king is regarded as a
sign of disloyalty to the real King, Jehovah, and, as such,...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 10
SAMUEL *ANOINTS SAUL
V1 Then Samuel took a jar of oil and poured the oil over Saul’s
head. He kissed Saul. He said, ‘The *Lord has *anoint...
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THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN WAS TAKEN. — How the “lots” were taken is
not said; usually it was by throwing tablets (Joshua 18:6; Joshua
18:8), but sometimes by drawing from a vessel or urn, as in Numbers
33...
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וַ יַּקְרֵ֣ב שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת כָּל
־שִׁבְטֵ֣י...
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CHAPTER XIV.
_ SAUL CHOSEN KING_
1 Samuel 10:17.
WHEN first the desire to have a king came to a height with the people,
they had the grace to go to Samuel, and endeavour to arrange the
matter throug...
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THE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR DESIRE
1 Samuel 10:14
Samuel dealt faithfully with the people, reminding them once more of
their guilty mistake in demanding a king; and indeed they came to rue
their choice. Bu...
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On the morning of the day following Saul's meeting with and eating
with Samuel, Samuel told him of his election by God to be king of the
nation. This communication was made when they were quite alone,...
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And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the
tribe of Benjamin was (h) taken.
(h) That is, by casting of lot....
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(20) And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near,
the tribe of Benjamin was taken. (21) When he had caused the tribe of
Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matr...
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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 SAMUEL HAD CAUSED ALL THE TRIBES TO COME NEAR,.... The heads
and representatives of them, to the place where the lots were cast:
THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN WAS TAKEN; the lot fell upon that tribe...
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_Benjamin was taken_ Which tribe was now preferred before Judah,
because the kingdom was freely promised by God to Judah, and was to be
given to him in love; but now the kingdom was in a manner forced...
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1 Samuel anoynteth Saul.
2 Hee confirmeth him by prediction of three signes.
9 Sauls heart is changed, and he prophecieth.
14 He concealeth the matter of the kingdome from his vncle.
17 Saul is ch...
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And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, in
order that lots might be cast or drawn, THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN WAS
TAKEN....
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SAUL CHOSEN KING BY LOT...
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No one else was present when Samuel anointed Saul. This contrasts with
David's anointing in Chapter 16:3, "in the midst of his brethren,"
then by "the men of Judah" in 2 Samuel 2:4; and later by the e...
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17-27 Samuel tells the people, Ye have this day rejected your God. So
little fond was Saul now of that power, which soon after, when he
possessed it, he could not think of parting with, that he hid h...
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TO COME NEAR unto the place appointed for the casting of lots. This
tribe was now preferred before Judah, because the kingdom was freely
promised by God to Judah, and was to be given to him in love; b...
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1 Samuel 10:20 Samuel H8050 tribes H7626 Israel H3478 near H7126
(H8686) tribe H7626 Benjamin H1144 chosen H3920
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SAMUEL PUBLICLY DEMONSTRATES WHOM YHWH HAS CHOSEN TO BE THEIR KING BY
USING THE SACRED LOT, AND SAUL IS ACCLAIMED AS KING (1 SAMUEL 10:17).
The private preparation of the young man Saul for his role a...
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CONTENTS: Saul annointed king.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Samuel, Saul, his uncle.
CONCLUSION: Whom God calls He qualifies. When God works in us by His
Spirit, it serves to confirm faith and furn...
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1 Samuel 10:1. _Captain._ This refers to his command, as a fighting
captain. The title of king was superior to that of _na_g _id,_ or
captain.
1 Samuel 10:3. _To Bethel._ The people would, and did wor...
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_And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpeh._
THE PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF INCIPIENT KINGSHIP
Long enough had Saul been in the Divine studio, and fashioned by
heavenly forces, his na...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 10:17. “MIZPEH.” See on 1 Samuel 7:9. “UNTO THE
LORD.” “Implying the presence of the ark, or the tabernacle, or
the High Priest’s ephod.” Comp. 1 Samuel 10:19.”...
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EXPOSITION
PUBLIC SELECTION OF SAUL AS KING (1 Samuel 10:17-9).
1 SAMUEL 10:17
SAMUEL CALLED THE PEOPLE TOGETHER UNTO JEHOVAH TO MIZPEH. For the
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Samuel took a vial of oil, and he poured it over Saul, over his head,
and he kissed him, and he said, Is it not because the Lord has
anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? Now when you depa...
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1 Samuel 14:41; Acts 1:24; Joshua 7:16...
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Benjamin — Which tribe was now preferred before Judah, because the
kingdom was freely promised by God to Judah, and was to be given to
him in love; but now the kingdom was in a manner forced from God,...
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Was Saul chosen by God, by the people, or by casting a lot?
PROBLEM: The Bible says Saul was chosen by the people (1 Samuel 8:19),
by the Lord (1 Samuel 9:17; 1 Samuel 10:24), and by casting a lot ...