1 Samuel 19:23,24

1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 Samuel 19:23 he too prophesied before Samuel. The earlier question, “Who is their father?” (1 Samuel 10:12), is answered by Samuel’s presence as “head” over the prophets (see 1 Samuel 19:20). The Spirit of God came on Saul to take away his self-control and turn his hostility to prophetic praise. Even the will of the king is subject to the Lord’s will. And he too stripped off his clothes. The aggressive, angry king is humbled, even comically humiliated, before the power of the Lord. Thus it is said. See note on 10:11–12.