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2. THE STORY OF SAUL AND HIS ANOINTING
Chapter S 9:1-10:16
_ 1. Saul the son of Kish and the lost asses (1 Samuel 9:1)_
2. Samuel and Saul (1 Samuel 9:11)
3. Saul anointed King (1 Samuel 9:25;...
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1 SAMUEL 9:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 10:16. SAMUEL ANOINTS SAUL AS KING. (J),
taken from one of the oldest narratives (see Introduction, p. 273).
Note the absence of any connexion with the Deuteronomic narrative...
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OUT AGAINST. opposite, so as to meet them....
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_and when they were come into the city_ Rather, AS THEY WERE COMING
INTO THE MIDST OF THE CITY, BEHOLD SAMUEL WAS COMING OUT TO MEET THEM.
In the E. V. this verse apparently disagrees with 1 Samuel 9:...
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Inquiry for the seer
11. _as they went up_ AS THEY WERE ASCENDING BY THE ASCENT TO THE
CITY. The Hebrew has a peculiar construction, the repetition of which
is characteristic of this chapter. Cp. 1 Sa...
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BEHOLD, SAMUEL CAME OUT AGAINST THEM, &C.— _Samuel met them, as he
was about to ascend the high place._ Houb. _God told Samuel in his
ear,_ in the next verse, signifies that he privately revealed to h...
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_Samuel and Saul Meet._ 1 Samuel 9:11-21
_Samuel and Saul Meet._ 1 Samuel 9:11-21
11 _And_ as they went up the hill to the city, they found young
maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them,...
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_AND THEY WENT UP INTO THE CITY: AND WHEN THEY WERE COME INTO THE
CITY, BEHOLD, SAMUEL CAME OUT AGAINST THEM, FOR TO GO UP TO THE HIGH
PLACE._
Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high p...
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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...
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CAME OUT AGAINST THEM] rather, 'came out to meet them.'...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 9
SAUL LOOKS FOR HIS FATHER’S *DONKEYS
V1 Kish was an important man from the *tribe of Benjamin. Kish was
the son of Abiel. Abiel was the son...
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BEHOLD, SAMUEL CAME OUT AGAINST THEM. — “Saul comes before Samuel,
bashfully pursuing his humble quest, in apparent unconsciousness of
the power slumbering within him of aspiring and attaining to the...
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וַֽ יַּעֲל֖וּ הָ עִ֑יר הֵ֗מָּה
בָּאִים֙ בְּ
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CHAPTER XI.
_ SAUL BROUGHT TO SAMUEL._
1 Samuel 9:1.
GOD'S providence is a wonderful scheme; a web of many threads, woven
with marvelous skill; a network composed of all kinds of materials,
great a...
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SAUL IS LED TO FIND SAMUEL
1 Samuel 9:1
As a king was demanded by the people, one was selected to suit their
taste-“a choice young man, and a goodly!” But the king after God's
own heart was selected...
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The king is now presented to us, and the story of his selection is
told. Saul appears in every way to be a remarkable man. He was of good
position, of the tribe of Benjamin; and, moreover, was wealthy...
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_Midst. That is, simply in the city, or entering the gate, where
Samuel met them, ver. 18._...
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(14) And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the
city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high
place. (15) Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day bef...
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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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AND THEY WENT UP INTO THE CITY,.... Saul and his servant went up the
hill to the city of Ramah: and
WHEN THEY WERE COME INTO THE CITY; were within it, within the walls of
it;
BEHOLD, SAMUEL CAME OUT...
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And they went up into the city: [and] when they were come into the
city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high
place.
Ver. 14. _Samuel came out against them._] Not without di...
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_Behold, Samuel came out against them_ Met them directly in his way to
the sacrifice. For so God, in his providence, had disposed things, as
it follows in the next words. _The Lord had told Samuel in...
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1 Saul despairing to finde his fathers asses,
6 by the counsell of his seruaunt,
11 and direction of young maidens,
15 according to Gods reuelation,
18 commeth to Samuel.
19 Samuel entertaineth S...
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And they went up into the city, passing in through the gate; AND WHEN
THEY WERE COME INTO THE CITY, BEHOLD, SAMUEL CAME OUT AGAINST THEM, he
met them on the main street, FOR TO GO UP TO THE HIGH PLACE...
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SAUL THE GUEST OF SAMUEL...
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The word of God now transfers out attention to a man of Benjamin whose
genealogy is given us for four generations, and he a mighty man of
power. From men's point of view everything was favorable as re...
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11-17 The very maid-servants of the city could direct to the prophet.
They had heard of the sacrifice, and could tell of the necessity for
Samuel's presence. It is no small benefit to live in religio...
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SAMUEL CAME OUT; out of his own house, just as they passed by....
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1 Samuel 9:14 up H5927 (H8799) to H8432 city H5892 coming H935 (H8802)
city H5892 Samuel H8050 out...
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THEY MEET SAMUEL WHO IS INFORMED BY YHWH THAT THIS IS THE MAN OF HIS
CHOICE TO BE PERMANENT WAR-LEADER OF ISRAEL (1 SAMUEL 9:14).
1 Samuel 9:14
‘ And they went up to the city, and as they came with...
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CONTENTS: Saul chosen king.
CHARACTERS: God, Samuel, Saul, his servant, Kish.
CONCLUSION: The wise God serves very great and certain purposes by
seemingly small and casual affairs. Let us therefore...
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1 Samuel 9:2. _Saul, a choice young man._ Elect and good, as the
Vulgate reads, endowed with intellect and elegance of figure. _Higher
than any of the people;_ about eight feet in stature. David was n...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 9:1 The Story of Saul. Saul, the first
king over all Israel, starts out well. But he fails as a king because
he will not obey the word of God that comes through Samuel....
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 9:1. “NOW, THERE WAS A MAN OF BENJAMIN.” “The elaborate
genealogy of the Benjamite Kish, and the minute description of the
figure of his son Saul, are intended...
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EXPOSITION
SELECTION OF SAUL AS KING BY THE VOICE OF PROPHECY. GENEALOGY OF SAUL
(1 Samuel 9:1)....
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Now there was a man of the tribe of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, he
was the son of Abiel,... and he had a son, whose name was Saul, a
choice young man, and [the word] goodly: [is handsome] and there...
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SAUL, THE SON OF KISH
1 Samuel 9:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The cry of Israel for a King. Samuel was getting old and the
Children of Israel wanted a king as other nations had a king. The
churches, in m...