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1 Samuel 10:1

1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 Samuel 10:1 the LORD has anointed you. This is a private anointing. Later Samuel will demonstrate publicly, by casting lots, that Saul has been chosen by the Lord (see vv. 1 Samuel 10:17). The Hebrew for his heritage appears six times in Samuel and can refer either to the Lord’s land or to his people Israel.

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

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER X _Samuel anoints Saul captain of the Lord's inheritance_, 1. _Instructs him concerning his return home, whom he should meet,_ _and what he should do_, 2-8. _Saul meets a company of prophe...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IS IT NOT BECAUSE ... - Samuel answers Saul’s tacit or expressed wonder, by telling him why he did as he did. (Compare 1 Samuel 9:21.)...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    A VIAL. flask. Not "the". IS IT NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. Note the Jehovah relationship. Here is another _Homceoteleuton,_ which is preserved in...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    1 Samuel 10:1. _a vial of oil_ Rather, " THE vial of oil." The word rendered _vial_(i.e. phial or flask) occurs again only in the account of the coronation of Jehu, in 2Ki 9:1; 2 Kings 9:3 (E. V. _box...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEN SAMUEL TOOK A VIAL OF OIL, AND POURED IT UPON HIS HEAD— It appears from the last verse of the preceding chapter, that Samuel did this in the open field. Anointing was, from the earliest times, ma...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Saul Anointed by Samuel._ 1 Samuel 10:1-8 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured _it_ upon his head, and kissed him, and said, _Is it_ not because the Lord hath anointed thee _to be_ captain ove...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN SAMUEL TOOK A VIAL OF OIL, AND POURED IT UPON HIS HEAD, AND KISSED HIM, AND SAID, IS IT NOT BECAUSE THE LORD HATH ANOINTED THEE TO BE CAPTAIN OVER HIS INHERITANCE?_ Then Samuel took a vial of o...

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEN-SAMUEL TOOK A VIAL OF OIL. — The vial was a narrow-necked vessel, from which the oil flowed in drops. It was, of course, no common oil which the prophet used on this momentous occasion, but the o...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּקַּ֨ח שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל אֶת ־פַּ֥ךְ הַ שֶּׁ֛מֶ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XIII. _ SAUL ANOINTED BY SAMUEL._ 1 Samuel 10:1. THERE is a remarkable minuteness of detail in this and other narratives in Samuel, suggesting the authenticity of the narrative, and the auth...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    ANOINTED WITH OIL AND THE SPIRIT 1 Samuel 10:1 In the gray dawn the prophet sketched to Saul the events which were to happen on that day and succeeding days. All were made known to the designated kin...

  • 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,...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then Samuel took a vial of (a) oil, and poured [it] upon his head, and kissed him, and said, [Is it] not because the LORD hath anointed thee [to be] captain over his inheritance? (a) In the Law this...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Vial, in the form of a lentil. (Pliny, [Natural History?] xviii. 12.) --- Oil. This anointing seems to have been peculiar to the kings, priests, and prophets of the Hebrews, who prefigured Jesus, the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS This Chapter opens with presenting us by a view of the prophet's anointing Saul king. This is followed with tokens Samuel told Saul, should immediately take place, on his departure from him t...

  • 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

    THEN SAMUEL TOOK A VIAL OF OIL,.... Out of his pocket very probably, which he brought along with him on purpose for the use he made of it: this, as the Jews y say, was not the anointing oil that was i...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured [it] upon his head, and kissed him, and said, [Is it] not because the LORD hath anointed thee [to be] captain over his inheritance? Ver. 1. _Then Samuel too...

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

    _And poured it upon his head_ We do not read of any order of God, given for the anointing of kings. But it was the usual rite in the designation, as of prophets and priests, so also of kings, as appea...

  • 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

    Then Samuel took a vial, a flask or small jug, OF OIL, AND POURED IT UPON HIS HEAD, as a mark of consecration to the Lord; for every king was thereby placed in God's service and under His protection,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    SAUL ANOINTED BY SAMUEL...

  • 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

    1-8 The sacred anointing, then used, pointed at the great Messiah, or Anointed One, the King of the church, and High Priest of our profession, who was anointed with the oil of the Spirit, not by meas...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 10 Samuel anointeth Saul, 1 SAMUEL 10:1; confirms him by prediction of three signs, 1 SAMUEL 10:2. Saul prophesies, 1 SAMUEL 10:9. He cometh to his uncle; telleth him what Samuel had...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 10:1-27:1 Samuel H8050 took H3947 (H8799) flask H6378 oil H8081 poured H3332 (H8799) head H7218 k

  • 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

    _Then Samuel took a vial of oil._ THE DISCIPLINE OF A PROMOTED LIFE Men are not usually taken from the valley of ordinary toil, and instantaneously placed, as by the flight of an angel, upon the clou...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 10:1. “THEN SAMUEL TOOK A VIAL OF OIL,” etc. “The vial is a narrow-necked vessel, from which the oil flowed in drops. The oil, we must suppose, was not of the o...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SAUL ANOINTED TO BE KING, AND SIGNS GIVEN HIM CONVINCING HIM OF THE TRUTH OF HIS APPOINTMENT ...

  • 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 Kings 19:18; 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 2:10; 1

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Poured it — Which Is was the usual rite in the designation, as of priests and prophets, so also of kings, whereby was signified the pouring forth of the gifts of God's spirit upon him, to fit him for...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Does the Scripture give contradictory accounts of the anointing of Saul? PROBLEM: According to 1 Samuel 10:1, Samuel anointed Saul at the outskirts of Ramah in the territory of Zuph (cf. 9:5). However...

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