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Verse 1 Samuel 9:7. _THERE IS NOT A PRESENT TO BRING TO THE MAN OF
GOD_] We are not to suppose from this that the prophets took money to
predict future events: Saul only refers to an invariable custo...
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Presents of bread or meat were as common as presents of money.
(Compare Ezekiel 13:19; Hosea 3:2.)...
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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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PRESENT. Hebrew. _teshurah._ Occurs only here. It is from _shur,_ to
behold. Hence, that which procures and secures an interview, or sight
of the person sought....
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Saul's search for his Father's Asses
3. _the asses_ In the East asses are valuable property, indispensable
for farm-work and travelling. The possession of a drove of asses, and
several servants, indi...
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_a present_ A word occurring here only, to denote the present with
which one _approaches_a great man. The cognate verb is found in Isaiah
57:9, "Thou _wentest_to the king with ointment." For presents...
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BUT, BEHOLD, IF WE GO, WHAT SHALL WE BRING THE MAN?— Such as are
prejudiced against the sacred history, and unacquainted with eastern
customs, may be ready, from the donations to the prophets, to imag...
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_Saul Seeks The Seer._ 1 Samuel 9:6-10
6 And he said unto him, Behold now, _there is_ in this city a man of
God, and _he is_ an honorable man; all that he saith cometh surely to
pass: now let us go t...
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_THEN SAID SAUL TO HIS SERVANT, BUT, BEHOLD, IF WE GO, WHAT SHALL WE
BRING THE MAN? FOR THE BREAD IS SPENT IN OUR VESSELS, AND THERE IS NOT
A PRESENT TO BRING TO THE MAN OF GOD: WHAT HAVE WE?_
What s...
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9:7 servant, (f-6) Lit. 'young man.' and vers. 22,27. if (g-8) Lit.
'behold.' vessels, (h-24) See Genesis 42:25 ....
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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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WHAT SHALL WE BRING? — It would seem at first strange that one like
Samuel should be approached by presents, but the custom of offering
gifts was in many cases an act of respectful homage to a superio...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל לְ נַעֲרֹ֗ו וְ
הִנֵּ֣ה
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CHAPTER XI.
_ SAUL BROUGHT TO SAMUEL._
1 Samuel 9:1.
GOD'S providence is a wonderful scheme; a web of many threads, woven
with marvelous skill; a network composed of all kinds of materials,
great a...
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SAUL IS LED TO FIND SAMUEL
1 Samuel 9:1
As a king was demanded by the people, one was selected to suit their
taste-“a choice young man, and a goodly!” But the king after God's
own heart was selected...
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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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What. Were they uninformed of the disinterestedness of Samuel? or did
they think that he would sell his oracles? By no means. But the
manners of the ancients were very different from ours, and people...
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(6) And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of
God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to
pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our w...
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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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THEN SAUL SAID TO HIS SERVANT, BUT BEHOLD, IF WE GO,.... The Targum
is,
"if he receives money,''
which it seems Saul was not clear in; some sort of persons that set up
for prophets, and a sort of di...
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_Behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man_ It was a part of the
honour they did great men, in those countries, to make them a present
when they had occasion to address themselves to them. Particu...
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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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Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we
bring the man? He was worried about a possible present or fee. FOR THE
BREAD IS SPENT IN OUR VESSELS, they had consumed all the prov...
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SAUL SEEKS THE LOST ASSES...
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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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IS SPENT IN:
_ Heb._ is gone out of etc.
HAVE WE?:
_ Heb._ is with us?...
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1-10 Saul readily went to seek his father's asses. His obedience to
his father was praise-worthy. His servant proposed, that since they
were now at Ramah, they should call on Samuel, and take his adv...
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THE BREAD IS SPENT IN OUR VESSELS: this he saith, because bread was
not unusually given by way of present, as we see, 1 SAMUEL 10:3,4. Or
_bread_ is put for all manner of provisions, as is frequent; a...
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1 Samuel 9:7 Saul H7586 said H559 (H8799) servant H5288 go H3212
(H8799) bring H935 (H8686) man...
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THEY GO TO SEEK HELP FROM THE PROPHET WHOM THE SERVANT KNOWS ABOUT (1
SAMUEL 9:6).
1 Samuel 9:6
‘ And he said to him, “Look now, there is in this city a man of
God, and he is a man who is held in ho...
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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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_And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of
God._
SAUL BROUGHT TO SAMUEL
God’s Providence is a wonderful scheme; a web of many threads, woven
with marvellous skill. The meeting...
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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 9:3 Saul’s father sends him in search of
some lost DONKEYS. Just as Saul is about to give up the search, God
intervenes through Saul’s servant. The servant suggests that they...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 9:1. “NOW, THERE WAS A MAN OF BENJAMIN.” “The elaborate
genealogy of the Benjamite Kish, and the minute description of the
figure of his son Saul, are intended...
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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 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 4:42; 2 Kings 5:5; 2 Kings 8:8; Judges 13:15;...
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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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A present — Presents were then made to the prophets, either as a
testimony of respect: or, as a grateful acknowledgement: or, for the
support of the Prophets themselves: or, of the sons of the prophet...