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Verse 1 Samuel 9:25. _UPON THE TOP OF THE HOUSE._] All the houses in
the East were flat-roofed; on these people walked, talked, and
frequently _slept_, for the sake of fresh and cooling air....
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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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10:8. Saul anointed by Samuel and promised three signs in confirmation
of his call
25, 26. _Samuel communed with Saul_ Preparing him for the announcement
which he was going to make next morning. On th...
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WHEN THEY WERE COME DOWN FROM THE HIGH PLACE, &C.— The Vulgate adds
at the close of this verse, _and Saul prepared him a bed on the top of
the house and slept;_ which Houbigant approves. We refer to h...
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_Samuel Honors Saul. 1 Samuel 9:22-27_
22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them in the
parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were
bidden, which _were_ abou...
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_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 wit...
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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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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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AND WHEN THEY WERE COME DOWN. — After the public sacrificial meal at
which such signal honours had been shown to the Benjamite stranger and
his servant, the prophet-judge detained Saul from continuing...
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וַ יֵּרְד֥וּ מֵ הַ בָּמָ֖ה הָ עִ֑יר
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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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House, probably giving him some instructions respecting his future
dignity. --- As he, &c. This seems to be a second translation of the
former sentence, taken from the Septuagint. It is omitted in sev...
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(25) And when they were come down from the high place into the city,
Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. (26) And they
arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, th...
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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 THEY CAME DOWN FROM THE HIGH PLACE INTO THE CITY,.... After
the feast was ended; and though Ramah itself was situated on an
eminence, yet it seems this high place was higher than that, being...
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_Samuel communed with Saul_ Concerning the kingdom designed for him by
God, and his administration of the government; _upon the top of the
house_ For coolness in the evening, and privacy. The Vulgate...
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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 when they were come down from the high place into the city, at the
close of the sacrificial meal, SAMUEL COMMUNED WITH SAUL UPON THE TOP
OF THE HOUSE, on the flat roof, where they were undisturbed...
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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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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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SAMUEL COMMUNED WITH SAUL, concerning the kingdom designed to him by
God, and his duty to expect it patiently, till God actually called him
to it; and to administer it piously, and justly, and valiant...
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1 Samuel 9:25 down H3381 (H8799) place H1116 city H5892 spoke H1696
(H8762) Saul H7586 house H1406...
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SAMUEL HONOURS SAUL AT THE FEAST AND THEN EXPLAINS TO HIM PRIVATELY
WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT (1 SAMUEL 9:22).
To the astonishment of Saul and his servant they now found themselves
as guests of honour at...
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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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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 9:13; 2 Samuel 11:2; Acts 10:9; Deuteronomy 22:8; Jeremiah
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Communed — Concerning the kingdom designed for him by God....