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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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IN THE GATE. Hebrew "in the midst of the gate": i.e. the open place
near the gate where judgment was given....
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_Samuel and Saul Meet._ 1 Samuel 9:11-21
_Samuel and Saul Meet._ 1 Samuel 9:11-21
11 _And_ as they went up the hill to the city, they found young
maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them,...
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_THEN SAUL DREW NEAR TO SAMUEL IN THE GATE, AND SAID, TELL ME, I PRAY
THEE, WHERE THE SEER'S HOUSE IS._
Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. Satisfying the
stranger's inquiry, Samuel invi...
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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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IN THE GATE. — The LXX. (Greek Version) here reads, “in the midst
of the city.” It is not improbable that this is the original
reading, it being very possible for a scribe to write the Hebrew word
“ga...
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וַ יִּגַּ֥שׁ שָׁא֛וּל אֶת ־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל
בְּ תֹ֣
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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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_Gate. Septuagint, "city." Chaldean, "within the gate," where business
was transacted._...
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(18) В¶ Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell
me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
Now the Lord in his providence had brought Saul to Samuel, and all the
great events those...
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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 DREW NEAR TO SAMUEL IN THE GATE,.... Either at the door of
his own house, just as he was coming out of it, or within the gate of
the city as Saul entered that, Samuel came to it, in order to...
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Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray
thee, where the seer's house [is].
Ver. 18. _In the gate._] Heb., In the midst of the gate; Sept., In the
midst of the city; Chald...
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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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SAUL THE GUEST OF SAMUEL...
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Then Saul, having followed Samuel down the street, DREW NEAR TO SAMUEL
IN THE GATE AND SAID, TELL ME, I PRAY THEE, WHERE THE SEER'S HOUSE
ISAIAH...
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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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IN THE GATE; the gate, either, first, Of Samuel's house. But he was
come out thence before, 1 SAMUEL 9:14. Or rather, secondly, Of the
city; for the word _gate_ being put by itself, according to reaso...
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1 Samuel 9:18 Saul H7586 near H5066 (H8799) Samuel H8050 in H8432 gate
H8179 said H559 (H8799) tell...
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TO HIS SURPRISE SAUL IS TREATED AS THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE FESTIVAL
THAT IS TAKING PLACE (1 SAMUEL 9:18).
1 Samuel 9:18
‘ Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, “Tell me, I
pray yo...
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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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_The people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the
sacrifice._
RELIGIOUS ORDINANCES
There is a striking resemblance between the outlines of the Mosaic,
and of the Christian Church. Eac...
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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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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...