1 Samuel 9:1
POWER] RV 'valour.' 4, 5. The districts of Shalisha, Shalim, and Zuph have not been identified.... [ Continue Reading ]
POWER] RV 'valour.' 4, 5. The districts of Shalisha, Shalim, and Zuph have not been identified.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAUL AND SAMUEL MEET For the picture of Samuel in this c, as a person of local rather than national importance, cp. Intro. § 6. On early prophecy, see Intro. § 4. 1 SAMUEL 9:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 10:16 comes from a different source from 1 Samuel 8 : see intro. there. The author of this section gives no hi... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE THOUGHT] rather, 'be anxious.'... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THIS CITY] probably Ramah.... [ Continue Reading ]
This v. is probably an explanatory note by the editor, though some regard it as a scribe's insertion. SEER] Heb. _roeh,_ a comparatively rare word, in this sense. 'They were called “seers” for no other reason than because they were thought to “see” what for the rest of men. was hidden, the secrets e... [ Continue Reading ]
This refers to the solemn sacrificial meal after the peace offering: cp. Exodus 24:5; Exodus 24:11; Leviticus 7.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME OUT AGAINST THEM] rather, 'came out to meet them.'... [ Continue Reading ]
ON WHOM _is_ ALL THE DESIRE] RV 'for whom is all that is desirable in Israel. Is it not for thee?' cp. Haggai 2:7; RM.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LEAST OF ALL THE FAMILIES] This is Eastern hyperbole and must not be taken literally: cp. Judges 6:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND _Samuel_ SAID] The word 'Samuel' is not in the original. 'And the cook took up.. and said.' What follows is the garrulous talk of the cook. SINCE I SAID] the Heb. is simply 'saying' (i.e. Samuel). 25, 26. LXX is the more probable: 'And when they were come down from the high place into the city,... [ Continue Reading ]
SAMUEL CALLED SAUL TO THE TOP] RV 'Samuel called to Saul on the housetop.' Saul had been sleeping on the roof, and now Samuel calls to him to descend. 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... [ Continue Reading ]