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1 Samuel 10:19

And ye have this day rejected your God Once more the prophet is directed to rebuke the people for their ingratitude and unbelief. See above on 1 Samuel 8:6.

ye have said unto him The request made to Samuel was virtually addressed to God.

by your tribes, and by your thousands The natural subdivision of the nation into tribes:of the tribes into familiesor clans:of the families into houses:of the houses into men(Joshua 7:14): was supplemented by Moses with an artificial organization of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens(Exodus 18:25). The thousandcorresponded to the family, and the terms appear to be used here as synonymous, Cp. ch. 1 Samuel 23:23; Judges 6:15; Joshua 22:14.

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See also 1 Samuel 10:19 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 10:19. _PRESENT YOURSELVES - BY YOUR TRIBES_] It appears that, in order to find out the proper person who should be made their king, they must determine by lot: 1. The _tribe_. 2. The...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    For the use of “thousand” as equivalent to “family,” see 1 Samuel 23:23; Judges 6:15 margin. In Numbers 1:16 it may mean whole tribes....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NAY. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, have this word in the text. BEFORE THE LORD. before Jehovah: i, e. in Mizpeh, 1 Samuel 10:17....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אַתֶּ֨ם הַ יֹּ֜ום מְאַסְתֶּ֣ם אֶת ־אֱלֹהֵי

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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,...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Families. Lots were first drawn to determine the tribe, then to find out which of the great families, and which house, was to give a king to Israel. (Haydock) --- See Josue vii. 14. (Menochius) --- G...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (17) В¶ 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 brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND YE HAVE THIS DAY REJECTED YOUR GOD,.... As their king, by desiring another to be set over them; WHO HIMSELF SAVED YOU OUT OF ALL YOUR ADVERSITY AND YOUR TRIBULATIONS; that they had been in at any...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, [Nay], but set a king over us. Now therefore present yoursel...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Your God, who himself saved you_, &c. By raising up judges whenever you cried to him for help, who never failed to conquer your enemies. _Ye have said unto him, Nay_, &c. When he desired you to conti...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and ye have this day rejected your God, who Himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations, all the evils and oppressions which they suffered from the very kingdoms after which th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    SAUL CHOSEN KING BY LOT...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    YE HAVE THIS DAY REJECTED YOUR GOD; you this day declare that you persist in your former act of rejecting God's government: SEE POOLE ON "1 SAMUEL 8:7". WHO HIMSELF SAVED YOU; who by his own special p...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 10:19 today H3117 rejected H3988 (H8804) God H430 saved H3467 (H8688) adversities H7451 tribulations H6869

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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.”...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 12:12; 1 Samuel 12:17; 1 Samuel 8:19; 1 Samuel 8:7; Jos

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Now therefore, &c. — He puts them upon chusing their king by lot, that all might know God had chosen Saul (for the disposal of the lot is of the Lord) and to prevent all dispute and exception....

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