1 Samuel 10:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. ”

1 Samuel 10:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 nar...
1 Samuel 10:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. Behold, a company of prophets - See on 1 Samuel 10:5...
1 Samuel 10:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And when they came thither to the hill— We refer to the notes on the latter part of the 19th chapter for a relation of the particulars mentioned in this verse.
1 Samuel 10:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Samuel 10:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 s...
1 Samuel 10:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To the hill. — “To the hill:” more accurately rendered, to Gibeah. This was the home of Saul; the estate of the house of Kish lay evidently in the immediate vicinity of Gibeah, henceforward to be...
1 Samuel 10:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIII. SAUL ANOINTED BY SAMUEL. 1 Samuel 10:1-16 . THERE is a remarkable minuteness of detail in this and other narratives in Samuel, suggesting the authenticity of the narrative, and t...
1 Samuel 10:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Anointed with Oil and the Spirit 1 Samuel 10:1-13 In the gray dawn the prophet sketched to Saul the events which were to happen on that day and succeeding days. All were made known to the desig...
1 Samuel 10:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Samuel 10:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(10) And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. It should seem that this gift of prophecying wa...
1 Samuel 10:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When they came thither to the hill ,.... Or, to Gibeah, as the Targum, and so Josephus e: behold, a company of prophets met him ; as foretold, 1 Samuel 10:5 , and the Spirit of the Lord came up...
1 Samuel 10:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. Ver. 10. The Spirit of God came upon him, and he p...
1 Samuel 10:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

God gave him another heart He immediately fulfilled the last and chief of these signs: for Saul was no sooner gone from Samuel than he felt another spirit coming into him, a spirit of holiness, wis...
1 Samuel 10:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 th...
1 Samuel 10:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul Among the Prophets. B. C. 1070. 9 And it was so, that when he had turned his ba...
1 Samuel 10:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then the accomplishment of the two former signs is supposed, and this only of the third is expressed, because this was more eminent and public than the former: the other were only transient acts, whi...
1 Samuel 10:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

All The Signs That Samuel Gave Him Are Fulfilled ( 1 Samuel 10:9-13 ). We now learn that all the signs promised were fulfilled. The only detail given is of the last one, bringing out how important...
1 Samuel 10:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 10:1 . “Then Samuel took a vial of oil,” etc. “The vial is a narrow-necked vessel, from which the oil flowed in drops. The oil, we must suppose, was not...
1 Samuel 10:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 d...
1 Samuel 10:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then Samuel took a vial of oil. The discipline of a promoted life Men are not usually taken from the valley of ordinary toil, and instantaneously placed, as by the flight of an angel, upon the...
1 Samuel 10:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SAUL ANOINTED TO BE KING , AND SIGNS GIVEN HIM CONVINCING HIM OF THE TRUTH OF HIS APPOINTMENT ( 1 Samuel 10:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 10:1 A vial of oil....
1 Samuel 10:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul Anointed by Samuel
1 Samuel 10:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 10:5 ; 1 Samuel 19:20-24
1 Samuel 10:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Prophesied — The accomplishment of the two former signs is supposed, and this only is expressed, because this was more eminent than the former; the other were only transient acts, which passed in p...

1 Samuel 10:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 10:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 10:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 10:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 10:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 10:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 10:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 10:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 10:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 10:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 10:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 10:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 10:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 10:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 10:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 10:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 10:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 10:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 10:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes