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Verse 1 Samuel 13:14. _THE LORD HATH SOUGHT HIM A MAN AFTER HIS OWN
HEART_] That this man was _David_ is sufficiently clear from the
sequel. But in what sense was he _a man after God's own heart_?
Ans...
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6. THE FIRST FAILURE OF SAUL AND ITS RESULTS
CHAPTER 13
_ 1. The failure of Saul (1 Samuel 13:1)_
2. Samuel's sentence (1 Samuel 13:10)
3. Israel's deplorable condition (1 Samuel 13:15)
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1 SAMUEL 13, 14. SAUL'S EARLY STRUGGLES WITH THE PHILISTINES. (J),
chiefly from the ancient narrative concerning Saul. Editorial notes,
or additions from other sources, are 1 Samuel 13:1; 1 Samuel 7_...
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MAN, &c. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. Quoted in Acts 13:22.
OWN HEART. his own pleasure. Compare Psalms 89:20; Psalms 89:21.
CAPTAIN. leader, or representative....
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A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART— A variety of able writers amongst us have
lately fully explained and vindicated this expression from the insults
of free-thinkers. We will refer at the end of the note to so...
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_Samuel's Rebuke of Saul._ 1 Samuel 13:11-16
11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw
that the people were scattered from me, and _that_ thou camest not
within the days a...
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_BUT NOW THY KINGDOM SHALL NOT CONTINUE: THE LORD HATH SOUGHT HIM A
MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART, AND THE LORD HATH COMMANDED HIM TO BE CAPTAIN
OVER HIS PEOPLE, BECAUSE THOU HAST NOT KEPT THAT WHICH THE LO...
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13:14 appointed (b-21) Lit. 'commanded.'...
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AFTER HIS OWN HEART] David's actions were by no means all of them the
actions of an ideal character; but he is presented in the narratives
as maintaining on the whole an attitude towards God very diff...
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SAUL'S WAR AGAINST THE PHILISTINES
1. The age of Saul at his accession has fallen out of the text and
also one of the two numbers representing the length of his reign. Our
present text is 'Saul was.....
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 13
JONATHAN ATTACKS THE *PHILISTINES
V1 Saul was 30 years old when he became king. He was the king of
*Israel for 42 years. V2 Saul chose 300...
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NOW THY KINGDOM SHALL NOT CONTINUE. — The succession was thus
formally transferred elsewhere; still, when the words of doom were
spoken by the prophet, David, the son of Jesse, the man after God’s
own...
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וְ עַתָּ֖ה מַמְלַכְתְּךָ֣ לֹא
־תָק֑וּם בִּקֵּשׁ֩...
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CHAPTER XVIII
_ SAUL AND SAMUEL AT GILGAL_
1 Samuel 13:1.
THE first thing that claims our attention in connection with this
chapter is the question of dates involved in the first verse. In the
Autho...
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LEFT IN THE SPOILERS' HANDS
1 Samuel 13:13
Sternly and sorrowfully the old prophet pronounced the sentence of
Saul's deposition, and suggested that already God had sought and found
another prince for...
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There is some difficulty concerning the opening sentences of this
chapter. Some words seem to be omitted, which make it difficult to
place the events recorded in their chronological setting. The
Autho...
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But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a (k)
man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him [to be]
captain over his people, because thou hast not kept [that] which...
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_Continue long. This seems to have been a threat, which Saul might
still have escaped, if he had not proved disobedient again. St.
Gregory says, "he might have been loosed from the bonds of his former...
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(13) And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not
kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for
now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel...
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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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Saul reigns two years. He then selects three thousand men: two
thousand are with him, and one with Jonathan. Jonathan, a man of
faith, acts with energy against the enemies of God's people, and
smites...
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BUT NOW THY KINGDOM SHALL NOT CONTINUE,.... That is, in his family,
nor in his tribe, but be removed to another:
THE LORD HATH SOUGHT HIM A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART: who was David;
though as yet Samue...
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But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man
after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him [to be] captain
over his people, because thou hast not kept [that] which the...
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_A man after his own heart_ That is, such a man as will fulfil all the
desires of his heart, and not oppose, them as thou dost. _The Lord
hath commanded_ That is, hath appointed, as the word _commande...
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1 Sauls selected band.
3 Hee calleth the Hebrewes to Gilgal against the Philistines, whose
garrison Ionathan had smitten.
5 The Philistines great hoste.
6 The distresse of the Israelites.
8 Saul w...
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But now thy kingdom shall not continue, it would not pass on to his
sons, Saul would be the first and last of his line. THE LORD HATH
SOUGHT HIM A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART, this resolution had already...
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Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice...
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Hebrew scholars consider that either something is missing from verse 1
in the Hebrew manuscripts or that the whole verse was not originally
in the text. After Saul's victory at Jabesh-Gilead he sent m...
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8-14 Saul broke the order expressly given by Samuel, see ch. 1 Samuel
10:8, as to what should be done in cases of extremity. Saul offered
sacrifice without Samuel, and did it himself, though he was n...
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HATH SOUGHT, i.e. hath found or discovered, as men do by seeking, an
anthropopathy. A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART, i.e. such a man as he
desires, one who will fulfil all the desires of his heart, and not...
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1 Samuel 13:14 kingdom H4467 continue H6965 (H8799) LORD H3068 sought
H1245 (H8765) man H376 heart H3824 LORD...
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1 Samuel 13:14
This expression clung to David, as "The Friend of God" became the
title of Abraham. Yet no words have given rise to so many fierce
invectives; none perhaps carry on their front more ser...
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1 Samuel 13:13
I. The impression which Saul makes upon the average reader, at least
at first, is beyond all question a favourable impression. He had many
of those qualifications which always go to mak...
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CONTENTS: The self-will of Saul. He intrudes into the priests office.
His divine rejection announced.
CHARACTERS: God, Samuel, Saul, Jonathan.
CONCLUSION: Some lay great stress upon the external per...
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1 Samuel 13:1. _One year two years._ The Seventy have not translated
this verse. Something is wanting to fill up the sense; and it is
supposed to be, that Saul was so many years of age when he began t...
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_And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept
the commandment of the Lord._
FOLLY ILLUSTRATED BY THE CHARACTER OF SAUL
We perhaps, had we possessed no ulterior information, m...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 13:1 In preparing for battle, Saul
disobeys God’s commands given through Samuel. God cannot endure such
a king over Israel.
⇐...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 13:8 Saul knows he has done wrong, for he
starts making excuses (vv. 1 Samuel 13:11). Saul is unable to trust
and obey the word of the Lord, so instead he responds to ci
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 13:13 Saul fails to acknowledge the
prophet’s higher role as God’s messenger (compare 1 Samuel 15:11,...
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1 Samuel 13:1. A literal rendering of the Hebrew text in this verse
would stand thus—_Saul was years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned, and two years over Israel_. The Hebrew numerals have
ev...
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SAUL'S PROBATION AND FAILURE (CHS. 13-15.).
EXPOSITION
WAR AGAINST THE PHILISTINES (verse 1-14:46).
1 SAMUEL 13:1
Saul's age and length of reign. SAUL REIGNED ONE YEAR. This verse lit
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Now Saul reigned for one year over Israel; and in the second year of
his reign, He chose three thousand men of Israel; and he took two
thousand under his command in Michmash and a thousand were given...
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1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 16:12; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 S
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A man — That is, such a man as will fulfil all the desires of his
heart, and not oppose them, as thou dost. Commanded — That is, hath
appointed, as the word command is sometimes used: but though God
t...