“ And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. ”
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...
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. He came to the high place - I suppose this to mean the place where Saul's father lived; as it is evident the next verse shows hi...
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
He came to the high place. — After he had spent his fervour in the hymn, and probably ecstatic prayer, Saul, before he went to his home, we read, betook himself at once to the high place of Gibeah,...
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...
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...
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...
(11) And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is...
And when he had made an end of prophesying ,.... For, as Procopius Gazaeus observes, he had not the gift of prophecy always; it did not continue with him, but, like that of the seventy elders in the...
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. Ver. 13. He came to the high place. ] Ut animum colligeret, et Deo gratias ageret, a to bless God, to pray for his blessi...
When he had made an end of prophesying Herein he differed from the prophets who met him, in that he prophesied but for a short time, this not being his office. And when he had done he went up to th...
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...
Saul Among the Prophets. B. C. 1070. 9 And it was so, that when he had turned his ba...
Returning thither with the prophets, there to praise God for these wonderful favours, and to beg counsel and help from God in this high business.
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 10:13 . “When he had made an end of prophesying.” “The gift, therefore, in his case, was transitory, not permanent, as in Samuel’s: compare the case of Eldad and Medad, and the other elde...
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...
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...
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....
Saul Anointed by Samuel
High place — Returning thither with the prophets, to praise God for these wonderful favours, and to beg counsel and help from God in this high business.