1 Samuel 10
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Saul Anointed King
1Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head. Then he kissed him and said, “Has Adonai not anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
2When you leave me today, you will find two men near the tomb of Rachel in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you: ‘The donkeys you set out to look for have been found—behold, your father has dropped the matter about the donkeys and is worried about you saying, “What should I do about my son?’”
3Then you will go on from there until you reach the terebinth of Tabor, and there three men going up to God at Beth-el will meet you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and the other carrying a jug of wine.
4Then they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will receive from their hand.
5After that, you will arrive at the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is. It will come about, as soon as you enter the town, that you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by a harp, a tambourine and a flute, and they will be prophesying.
6Then the Ruach of Adonai will seize you and you will prophesy with them—you will turn into another man.
7Now when these signs happen to you, do for yourself what the occasion requires, for God is with you.
8Afterward, you are to go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice fellowship offerings. Seven days you will wait, until I come to you and instruct you what you should do.”
9Then it happened, as Saul turned his back to leave Samuel, that God transformed his heart, and all those signs came to pass that day.
10When they arrived there, at the hill, behold, a band of prophets did meet him, and suddenly, the Ruach of God overtook him, and subsequently, he prophesied among them.
11So when all who knew him formerly saw him prophesying with the prophets, they said one to another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
12(Someone there asked, “Who is their father?”) Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
13When he finished prophesying, he came to the high place.
14Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” And he said, “To look for the donkeys. But when we saw that they could not be found, we went to Samuel.”
15Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me now, what did Samuel say to you?”
16“He assured us that the donkeys had been found,” Saul said to his uncle. But concerning the matter of kingship about which Samuel spoke, he told him nothing.
17Then Samuel summoned the people to Adonai at Mizpah.
18He said to Bnei-Yisrael, “Thus says Adonai, God of Israel: I brought Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.
19But today you have spurned your God, who is your deliverer from all your calamities and your distresses. For you said to Him: ‘No! Rather set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before Adonai by your tribes and by your thousands.”
20So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen.
21Then he brought forward the tribe of Benjamin by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was chosen. Finally, Saul son of Kish was chosen. But when they looked for him, he could not be found.
22Therefore, they inquired of Adonai further, “Has the man come here yet?” Adonai answered, “He has just hidden himself among the baggage.”
23So they ran and brought him from there. When he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders up.
24Then Samuel announced to all the people, “Do you see the one Adonai has chosen? Surely there is no one like him among all the people!” Then all the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!”
25Then Samuel explained to the people the rules of kingship, wrote them in a scroll and placed it before Adonai. Then Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
26Saul also went home to Gibeah, accompanied by men of valor whose hearts God had touched.
27But certain worthless men said, “How can this one save us?” So they despised him and brought him no present. But he kept silent.
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1 Samuel 10
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1Samuel took the flask of oil, # Ex 30:23-33; 1Sm 16:13; 2Kg 9:3,6 poured it out on Saul’s head, # 2Kg 9:1-3 kissed him, and said, “Hasn’t the Lord anointed you # 1Sm 16:13; 26:9; 2Sm 1:14 ruler over His inheritance? # LXX adds And you will reign over the Lord’s people, and you will save them from the hand of their enemies all around. And this is the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you ruler over his inheritance. # Dt 32:9; Ps 78:71 2Today when you leave me, you’ll find two men at Rachel’s Grave # Gn 35:19-20 at Zelzah in the land of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you went looking for have been found, # 1Sm 9:3-5 and now your father has stopped being concerned about the donkeys and is worried about you, asking: What should I do about my son? ’
3“You will proceed from there until you come to the oak of Tabor. # Gn 35:8 Three men going up to God at Bethel # Gn 28:19; 35:1,3,7 will meet you there, one bringing three goats, one bringing three loaves of bread, and one bringing a skin of wine. 4They will ask how you are and give you two loaves # DSS, LXX read wave offerings of bread, which you will accept from them.
5“After that you will come to the Hill of God # Or to Gibeath-elohim # 1Sm 13:2-3 where there are Philistine garrisons. # Or governors When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets # 1Sm 19:20; 2Kg 2:3,5,15 coming down from the high place prophesying. # 2Kg 3:15; 1Ch 25:1-6 They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres. 6The Spirit of the Lord will control you, # Nm 11:25,29; Jdg 14:6 you will prophesy with them, # Ec 9:10 and you will be transformed into a different person. # 1Sm 19:23-24 7When these signs have happened to you, do whatever your circumstances require # Lit do for yourself whatever your hand finds # Jos 1:5 because God is with you. 8Afterward, go ahead of me to Gilgal. I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice fellowship offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what to do.”
9When Saul turned around # Lit turned his shoulder to leave Samuel, God changed his heart, # Lit God turned to him another heart and all the signs came about that day. 10When Saul and his attendant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God took control of him, and he prophesied along with them.
11Everyone who knew him previously and saw him prophesy with the prophets asked each other, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? ” # 1Sm 19:24; Am 7:14-15; Mt 13:54-57
12Then a man who was from there asked, “And who is their father? ” # Gn 45:8; Jdg 17:10
As a result, “Is Saul also among the prophets? ” became a popular saying. 13Then Saul finished prophesying and went to the high place.
14Saul’s uncle # 1Sm 14:50 asked him and his attendant, “Where did you go? ”
“To look for the donkeys,” Saul answered. “When we saw they weren’t there, we went to Samuel.” # 1Sm 9:4-6
15“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you? ”
16Saul told him, “He assured us the donkeys had been found.” However, Saul did not tell him what Samuel had said about the matter of kingship.
Saul Received as King
17Samuel summoned the people to the Lord at Mizpah # 1Sm 7:5 18and said to the Israelites, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: # Jdg 6:8-9 ‘I brought Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the power of the Egyptians and all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’ 19But today you have rejected your God, # 1Sm 8:6-7 who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to Him, ‘You # Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg read You said, ‘No, you . . . must set a king over us.’ # 1Sm 8:19 Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.” # Jos 7:14-18; 24:1; Pr 16:33
20Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected. 21Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the Matrite clan was selected. # LXX adds And he had the Matrite clan come forward, man by man. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. # Jos 7:16-18 But when they searched for him, they could not find him. 22They again inquired of the Lord, # Ex 28:30; Nm 27:21; 1Sm 23:2,4,9-11 “Has the man come here yet? ”
The Lord replied, “There he is, hidden among the supplies.”
23They ran and got him from there. When he stood among the people, he stood a head taller than anyone else. # Lit people, and he was higher than any of the people from his shoulder and up # 1Sm 9:2 24Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the Lord has chosen? # Dt 17:15; 2Sm 21:6 There is no one like him among the entire population.”
And all the people shouted, # LXX reads acknowledged and said “Long live the king! ” # 1Kg 1:25,34,39
25Samuel proclaimed to the people the rights of kingship. # 1Sm 8:11-17 He wrote them on a scroll, which he placed in the presence of the Lord. # Dt 17:18-20 Then Samuel sent all the people away, each to his home.
26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, # 1Sm 11:4; 15:34 and brave men whose hearts God had touched went with him. 27But some wicked men said, “How can this guy save us? ” They despised him and did not bring him a gift, # 1Kg 10:25; 2Ch 17:5 but Saul said nothing. # DSS add Nahash king of the Ammonites had been severely oppressing the Gadites and Reubenites. He gouged out the right eye of each of them and brought fear and trembling on Israel. Of the Israelites beyond the Jordan none remained whose right eye Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had not gouged out. But there were 7,000 men who had escaped from the Ammonites and entered Jabesh-gilead. # Lit gift, and he was like a mute person
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