1 Samuel 10
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Saul Anointed King
1 # ch. 9:16; 16:13; 2 Sam. 2:4; 1 Kgs. 1:34, 39; 2 Kgs. 9:1, 3, 6 Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head #[Ps. 2:12] and kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince#10:1 Or leader over #Deut. 32:9; Ps. 78:71his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince#10:1 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks over his people Israel? And you shall . . . . to be prince over his heritage. 2When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by #Gen. 35:19, 20 Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, #ch. 9:3, 4 ‘The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now #ch. 9:5your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’ 3Then you shall go on from there farther and come to the #Gen. 13:18 oak of Tabor. Three men #[Judg. 20:31] going up #Gen. 28:22; 35:1, 3, 7to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine. 4And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand. 5After that you shall come to #ver. 10 Gibeath-elohim,#10:5 Gibeath-elohim means the hill of God #ch. 13:3, 4 where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down #[ch. 9:12]from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying. 6#ver. 10; ch. 11:6; 16:13; [Num. 11:25; Judg. 3:10; 14:6, 19] Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, #ver. 10; ch. 19:23, 24and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. 7Now when #Ex. 4:8; Judg. 6:17; Luke 2:12 these signs meet you, do what your hand finds to do, #Josh. 1:5; Judg. 6:12for God is with you. 8Then go down before me #ch. 11:14, 15; 13:4 to Gilgal. And behold, I am coming down to you to offer burnt offerings and #ch. 11:15 to sacrifice peace offerings. #ch. 13:8Seven days you shall wait, until I come to you and show you what you shall do.”
9When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day. 10When they came to #ver. 5 Gibeah,#10:10 Gibeah means the hill behold, a group of prophets met him, #[See ver. 6 above]and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, “What has come over the son of Kish? #ch. 19:24; [Matt. 13:54, 55; John 7:15]Is Saul also among the prophets?” 12And a man of the place answered, #[Isa. 54:13; John 6:45] “And who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, #[See ver. 11 above]“Is Saul also among the prophets?” 13When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.
14 # ch. 14:50 Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?” And he said, #See ch. 9:4-6“To seek the donkeys. And when we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.” 15And Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.” 16And Saul said to his uncle, #ch. 9:20“He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But about the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him anything.
Saul Proclaimed King
17Now Samuel called the people together #[ch. 11:15] to the Lord #ch. 7:5, 6at Mizpah. 18And he said to the people of Israel, #Judg. 6:8, 9; [ch. 12:8]“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’ 19#ch. 8:7, 19; 12:12 But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.’ Now therefore #Josh. 24:1present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.”
20Then Samuel #Josh. 7:14, 16, 17brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. 21He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was taken by lot;#10:21 Septuagint adds finally he brought the family of the Matrites near, man by man and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found. 22#See ch. 22:10So they inquired again of the Lord, “Is there a man still to come?” and the Lord said, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.” 23Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, #ch. 9:2he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. 24And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him #2 Sam. 21:6 whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, #2 Sam. 16:16; 1 Kgs. 1:25, 39; 2 Kgs. 11:12; 2 Chr. 23:11“Long live the king!”
25Then Samuel told the people #See ch. 8:11-18; Deut. 17:14-20the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home. 26Saul also went to his home #ch. 11:4at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts God had touched. 27But some #ch. 2:12; Deut. 13:13worthless fellows said, “How can this man save us?” And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
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1 Samuel 10
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1And Samuel taketh the vial of the oil, and poureth on his head, and kisseth him, and saith, ‘Is it not because Jehovah hath appointed thee over His inheritance for leader?
2In thy going to-day from me — then thou hast found two men by the grave of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they have said unto thee, The asses have been found which thou hast gone to seek; and lo, thy father hath left the matter of the asses, and hath sorrowed for you, saying, What do I do for my son?
3‘And thou hast passed on thence, and beyond, and hast come in unto the oak of Tabor, and found thee there have three men going up unto God to Beth-El, one bearing three kids, and one bearing three cakes of bread, and one bearing a bottle of wine,
4and they have asked of thee of welfare, and given to thee two loaves, and thou hast received from their hand.
5‘Afterwards thou dost come unto the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines [is], and it cometh to pass, at thy coming in thither to the city, that thou hast met a band of prophets coming down from the high place, and before thempsaltery, and tabret, and pipe, and harp, and they are prophesying;
6and prospered over thee hath the Spirit of Jehovah, and thou hast prophesied with them, and hast been turned to another man;
7and it hath been, when these signs come to thee — do for thyself as thy hand findeth, for God [is] with thee.
8‘And thou hast gone down before me to Gilgal, and lo, I am going down unto thee, to cause to ascend burnt-offerings, to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings; seven days thou dost wait till my coming in unto thee, and I have made known to thee that which thou dost do.’
9And it hath been, at his turning his shoulder to go from Samuel, that God turneth to him another heart, and all these signs come on that day,
10and they come in thither to the height, and lo, a band of prophets — to meet him, and prosper over him doth the Spirit of God, and he prophesieth in their midst.
11And it cometh to pass, all his acquaintance heretofore, see, and lo, with prophets he hath prophesied, and the people say one unto another, ‘What [is] this hath happened to the son of Kish? is Saul also among the prophets?’
12And a man thence answereth and saith, ‘And who [is] their father?’ therefore it hath been for a simile, ‘Is Saul also among the prophets?’
13And he ceaseth from prophesying, and cometh in to the high place,
14and the uncle of Saul saith unto him, and unto his young man, ‘Whither went ye?’ and he saith, ‘To seek the asses; and we see that they are not, and we come in unto Samuel.’
15And the uncle of Saul saith, ‘Declare, I pray thee, to me, what Samuel said to you?’
16And Saul saith unto his uncle, ‘He certainly declared to us that the asses were found;’ and of the matter of the kingdom he hath not declared to him that which Samuel said.
17And Samuel calleth the people unto Jehovah to Mizpeh,
18and saith unto the sons of Israel, ‘Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I have brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I deliver you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms who are oppressing you;
19and ye to-day have rejected your God, who [is] Himself your saviour out of all your evils and your distresses, and ye say, ‘Nay, but — a king thou dost set over us; and now, station yourselves before Jehovah, by your tribes, and by your thousands.’
20And Samuel bringeth near the whole tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin is captured,
21and he bringeth near the tribe of Benjamin by its families, and the family of Matri is captured, and Saul son of Kish is captured, and they seek him, and he hath not been found.
22And they ask again at Jehovah, ‘Hath the man yet come hither?’ and Jehovah saith, ‘Lo, he hath been hidden near the vessels.’
23And they run and bring him thence, and he stationed himself in the midst of the people, and he is higher than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.
24And Samuel saith unto all the people, ‘Have ye seen him on whom Jehovah hath fixed, for there is none like him among all the people?’ And all the people shout, and say, ‘Let the king live!’
25And Samuel speaketh unto the people the right of the kingdom, and writeth in a book, and placeth before Jehovah; and Samuel sendeth all the people away, each to his house.
26And also Saul hath gone to his house, to Gibeah, and the force go with him whose heart God hath touched;
27and the sons of worthlessness have said, ‘What! this one doth save us!’ and they despise him, and have not brought to him a present; and he is as one deaf.
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