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 the Septuagint and Vulgate, "the LORD [and thou shalt rule among the people of Jehovah, and thou s... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT FIND. Three signs given (compare Mark 14:3) to indicate the coming change. MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. RACHEL'S SEPULCHRE. Compare Genesis 35:20. LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLAIN. oak, or terebinth; growing generally alone, becomes. conspicuous landmark. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. BETH-EL. House of God. Evidently. place of worship, in the absence of any "place", according to Deuteronomy 12:5, &c. Compare Exodus 20:24. CARRYING. Probably their firstfruits. Compare... [ Continue Reading ]
SALUTE. Hebrew ask after thy peace.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GARRISON. So the Septuagint, Aramaean, and Syriac, but Hebrew text has plural A COMPANY OF PROPHETS. The first occurrence of this expression. Probably. school established by Samuel (compare Acts 3:24; Acts 13:20). The head of such school called "father" (Compare 1 Samuel 10:12; 1 Samuel 19:20),... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
OCCASION SERVE THEE. thy hand shall find.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT GO DOWN. This was the beginning of organised rising against the Philistines. All directed by God through Samuel; not by Saul. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. OFFER. offer up. App-43. SACRIFICE. slay. App-43. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in 1 Samuel 10:8. App-6... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE SAME PLACE. from thence. IS SAUL... ? Origin of this _Parcemia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. THUS SAITH THE LORD. This rehearsal is to show that they had sinned, although He was giving. king. Their sin was not in asking, but in forestalling Jehovah's already expressed purpose to give them. king (see Deuteronomy 17:15 and compare Genesis 49:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
NAY. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, have this word in the text. BEFORE THE LORD. before Jehovah: i, e. in Mizpeh, 1 Samuel 10:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS TAKEN: i.e. by lot, by the Urim and Thummim. See note on Exodus 28:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SAUL. Septuagint reads "and [when he had brought near the family of Matri man by man] Saul". Compare Joshua 7:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENQUIRED: i.e. by the High Priest. No priest mentioned between 1 Samuel 4 and 1Sa 14,. period of forty years. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. GOD SAVE THE KING. Hebrew Let the king live. An idiom which includes the desire that he might have everything that makes life worth living, including also eternal life.... [ Continue Reading ]
WROTE IT IN. BOOK. Hebrew the book: viz. the book kept before the Lord; even the scriptures of truth. See Exodus 17:14 and App-47.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOUCHED- moved.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. HE HELD HIS PEACE. he was as one that was deaf.... [ Continue Reading ]