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Verse 1 Samuel 10:27. _BROUGHT HIM NO PRESENTS_] They gave him no
proofs that they acknowledged either the Divine appointment or his
authority. The Arab chiefs are, to this day, when on a march or
ex...
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PRESENTS - The מנחה _mı̂nchāh_ was the token of homage and
acknowledgment from the subject to the sovereign, and from the
tributary nation to their suzerain. (See 2 Samuel 8:2, 2 Samuel 8:6;
Jdg 3:17...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_the children of Belial said_ CERTAIN WORTHLESS FELLOWS (see note on 1
Samuel 1:16) spoke disparagingly of him, and despised him.
_and brought him no presents_ Cp. 1 Kings 10:25; 2 Chronicles 17:5.
Th...
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_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...
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_BUT THE CHILDREN OF BELIAL SAID, HOW SHALL THIS MAN SAVE US? AND THEY
DESPISED HIM, AND BROUGHT HIM NO PRESENTS. BUT HE HELD HIS PEACE._
Brought him no presents. In Eastern countries the honour of t...
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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,...
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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...
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THE CHILDREN OF BELIAL. — More accurately, _worthless men._ (See
Note on 1 Samuel 2:12.)
AND THEY DESPISED HIM. — As above suggested, these malcontents were
probably princes and leading men of the gre...
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וּ בְנֵ֧י בְלִיַּ֣עַל אָמְר֗וּ מַה
־יֹּשִׁעֵ֨נוּ֙...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they
despised him, and brought him no presents. But he (l) held his peace.
(l) Both to avoid disputing and also to win them by patienc...
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CHAPTER X.
Belial; seditious men, perhaps of the tribe of Ephraim, (Judges xii.)
or of Juda, to whom the regal power seemed to belong, Genesis xlix.
(Salien) --- Presents, in testimony of their submi...
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(27) But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And
they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
Though it appeared that the general voice was with Saul, ye...
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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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BUT THE CHILDREN OF BELIAL SAID,.... Wicked, dissolute, lawless
persons; men without a yoke, as the word signifies, who did not care
to be under the yoke of government, at least not under the yoke of...
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But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they
despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
Ver. 27. _But the children of Belial._] Aweless, lawless, yokel...
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_But the children of Belial said_, &c. Some wicked men, who hated all
government, and being, it is probable, men of some rank and quality,
were proud, and despised a person of such a mean family. _How...
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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...
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But the children of Belial, the worthless, vain rabble, SAID, HOW
SHALL THIS MAN SAVE US? They questioned his fitness for the office and
declared their unwillingness to submit to his authority. AND TH...
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SAUL CHOSEN KING BY LOT...
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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...
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HE HELD HIS PEACE:
Or, he was, as though he had been deaf...
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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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THIS MAN; so mean a person, and of the weakest of all the tribes.
BROUGHT HIM NO PRESENTS; as subjects in those times and places used to
do to their kings; see 1 KINGS 10:25 2 CHRONICLES 17:5 MATTHEW...
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1 Samuel 10:27 rebels H1121 H1100 said H559 (H8804) save H3467 (H8686)
despised H959 (H8799) brought...
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SAUL RETURNS HOME AND BIDES HIS TIME, FINALLY PROVING HIMSELF BY
DEFEATING THE AMMONITES AND AS A RESULT BEING ‘MADE KING BEFORE
YHWH' (1 SAMUEL 10:26 TO 1 SAMUEL 11:15).
Saul now returned home accomp...
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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...
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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...
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_But the children of Belial said._
THE SONS OF BELIAL
The word Belial is found but once in the New Testament (2 Corinthians
6:15). In the Hebrew of the Old Testament it is found twenty-seven
times. I...
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_And there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched._
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us.
PUBLIC OPINION IN REFERENCE TO THE NEW KING
I. The sympathy of Sa...
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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...
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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
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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...
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1 Kings 10:25; 1 Kings 4:21; 1 Samuel 11:12; 1 Samuel 2:12;...
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No presents — As subjects in those times used to do to their kings.
This was an evidence both of his humility, and the mercifulness of his
disposition. So Christ held his peace, in the day of his pati...