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Verse 1 Samuel 9:8. _THE FOURTH PART OF A SHEKEL OF SILVER_] We find
from the preceding verse, that the _bread_ or _provisions_ which they
had brought with them for their journey was expended, else a...
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THE FOURTH PART OF A SHEKEL - In value about sixpence. Probably the
shekel, like our early English silver coins, was divided into four
quarters by a cross, and actually subdivided, when required, into...
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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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SHEKEL. See App-51.
THAT WILL. GIVE. Septuagint reads "which thou canst give"....
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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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_the fourth part of a shekel of silver_ Worth rather more than
sixpence according to the present price of silver: but we have no clue
to its _real value_in the time of Samuel.
_that will I give_ Sept...
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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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_AND THE SERVANT ANSWERED SAUL AGAIN, AND SAID, BEHOLD, I HAVE HERE AT
HAND THE FOURTH PART OF A SHEKEL OF SILVER: THAT WILL I GIVE TO THE
MAN OF GOD, TO TELL US OUR WAY._
The fourth part of a shekel...
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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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THE FOURTH PART OF A SHEKEL OF SILVER. — “Probably this shekel of
silver was roughly stamped, and divided into four quarters by a cross,
and broken when needed. What was its proportionate value in Sam...
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וַ יֹּ֤סֶף הַ נַּ֨עַר֙ לַ עֲנֹ֣ות אֶת
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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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And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at
hand the fourth part of a (e) shekel of silver: [that] will I give to
the man of God, to tell us our way.
(e) Which is about five...
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_Silver. About seven-pence English. --- Stater, (Haydock) is put
instead of Hebrew, "sicle." (Menochius)_...
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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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AND THE SERVANT ANSWERED SAUL AGAIN, AND SAID,.... As he had answered
him before, when Saul proposed to return home, by telling him there
was an honourable man of God in the city near at hand, that mi...
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And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at
hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: [that] will I give to the
man of God, to tell us our way.
Ver. 8. _Behold, I have her...
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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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And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at
hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver, a piece or coin of
determined weight and value (about 16 cents); THAT WILL I GIVE TO T...
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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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BEHOLD I HAVE HERE AT HAND:
_ Heb._ there is found in my hand...
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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 FOURTH PART OF A SHEKEL OF SILVER was near a groat; which, though
now it may seem a contemptible gift, yet in those ancient times it was
certainly of far more worth, and better accepted than now i...
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1 Samuel 9:8 servant H5288 answered H6030 (H8800) Saul H7586 again
H3254 (H8686) said H559 (H8799) have...
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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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_Go seek the asses._
THE LOST ASSES
Though God gave the Israelites their own way, when they would not be
convinced of their error, it was not till the very last--not until He
had allowed them a furth...
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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 Samuel 9:8...
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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...