When they sought him, he could not be found Having withdrawn himself, either out of feebleness of spirit, as some think, or rather out of modesty, he declined so high an authority unless imposed upon him. Or perhaps he was discouraged, and even affrighted, when he heard Samuel still representing God as offended with them for asking a king; which he might think was to reject his government.
Verse 1 Samuel 10:21. _WHEN THEY SOUGHT HIM, HE COULD NOT BE FOUND._] Through modesty or fear he had secreted himself....
THE FAMILY OF MATRI - This name occurs nowhere else among the families of Benjamin, or in the genealogy of Saul. (See 1 Samuel 9:1 note.)...
3. THE OPEN ACCLAMATION OF SAUL AS KING CHAPTER 10:17-27 _ 1. The lot at Mizpeh (1 Samuel 10:17)_ 2. The acclamation of the King (1 Samuel 10:22) Samuel called once more a national gathering at Miz...
SAUL ELECTED KING BY LOT. Continues Deuteronomic narrative, sequel to 1 Samuel 8 (see above). 1 SAMUEL 10:17 A (TO OVER US). Sequel to 1 Samuel 8 f. Samuel calls an assembly unto Yahweh to Mizpah, _i...
AND SAUL. Septuagint reads "and [when he had brought near the family of Matri man by man] Saul". Compare Joshua 7:17....
The Public election of Saul as King The thread of the narrative in ch. 8, which has been temporarily dropped in order to give an account of the circumstances by which Samuel was privately made acquai...
_the family of Matri_ The family of THE MATRITES is nowhere else mentioned. It has therefore been conjectured that we should read _Bikrites_, or descendants of Becher the son of Benjamin (1 Chronicles...
AND WHEN THEY SOUGHT HIM, HE COULD NOT BE FOUND— When the lot of Saul, appointing him to the kingdom, came up, he, who already knew what would be the case, had withdrawn himself; moved either by modes...
_Saul Acclaimed by the People._ 1 Samuel 10:17-27 17 And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord _to_ Mizpeh; 18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I br...
_AND SAID UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, I BROUGHT UP ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT, AND DELIVERED YOU OUT OF THE HAND OF THE EGYPTIANS, AND OUT OF THE HAND OF ALL KINGDOMS, AND...
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,...
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...
THE FAMILY OF MATRI WAS TAKEN. — In none of the Benjamite genealogies connected with the royal house of Saul does this name occur. We cannot account for the omission. Ewald conjectures that the name M...
וַ יַּקְרֵ֞ב אֶת ־שֵׁ֤בֶט בִּנְיָמִן֙ _לְ_†_מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔יו_†...
CHAPTER XIV. _ SAUL CHOSEN KING_ 1 Samuel 10:17. WHEN first the desire to have a king came to a height with the people, they had the grace to go to Samuel, and endeavour to arrange the matter throug...
THE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR DESIRE 1 Samuel 10:14 Samuel dealt faithfully with the people, reminding them once more of their guilty mistake in demanding a king; and indeed they came to rue their choice. Bu...
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,...
_Metri. We find none of this name, 1 Paralipomenon viii. 1. It is probably a title which some of the great patriarchs of Benjamin had acquired by shooting, as Metri means "an archer or bowman." (Calme...
(20) And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. (21) When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matr...
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...
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...
AND WHEN HE HAD CAUSED THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN TO COME NEAR BY THEIR FAMILIES,.... By the heads of them, to have lots cast for them, out of which of the families the king should be chosen: THE FAMILY O...
When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. Ver. 21. _...
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...
When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come nearby their families, the largest subdivision of the tribe, THE FAMILY OF MATRI WAS TAKEN, AND, after the father-houses had been treated the same way...
SAUL CHOSEN KING BY LOT...
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...
17-27 Samuel tells the people, Ye have this day rejected your God. So little fond was Saul now of that power, which soon after, when he possessed it, he could not think of parting with, that he hid h...
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1 Samuel 10:21 tribe H7626 Benjamin H1144 near H7126 (H8686) families H4940 family H4940 Matri H4309 chosen H3920
SAMUEL PUBLICLY DEMONSTRATES WHOM YHWH HAS CHOSEN TO BE THEIR KING BY USING THE SACRED LOT, AND SAUL IS ACCLAIMED AS KING (1 SAMUEL 10:17). The private preparation of the young man Saul for his role a...
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...
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...
_And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpeh._ THE PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF INCIPIENT KINGSHIP Long enough had Saul been in the Divine studio, and fashioned by heavenly forces, his na...
1 Samuel 10:22. “THEY INQUIRED OF THE LORD … AND THE LORD ANSWERED.” “The inquiry was made through the high priest, by means of the Urim and Thummim. There can be no doubt that in a gathering of the p...
EXPOSITION PUBLIC SELECTION OF SAUL AS KING (1 Samuel 10:17-9). 1 SAMUEL 10:17 SAMUEL CALLED THE PEOPLE TOGETHER UNTO JEHOVAH TO MIZPEH. For the
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...
Was Saul chosen by God, by the people, or by casting a lot? PROBLEM: The Bible says Saul was chosen by the people (1 Samuel 8:19), by the Lord (1 Samuel 9:17; 1 Samuel 10:24), and by casting a lot ...