1 Samuel 10:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. ”

1 Samuel 10:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Presents - The מנחה mı̂nchāh was the token of homage and acknowledgment from the subject to the sovereign, and from the tributary nation to their suzerain. (See 2 Samuel 8:2 , 2 Samuel 8:6...
1 Samuel 10:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he (l) held his peace. (l) Both to avoid disputing and also to win them by patien...
1 Samuel 10:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Saul Elected King by Lot. Continues Deuteronomic narrative, sequel to 1 Samuel 8 (see above). 1 Samuel 10:17-19 a (to over us). Sequel to 1 Samuel 8 f. Samuel calls an assembly unto Yahweh to...
1 Samuel 10:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

How... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. he held his peace . he was as one that was deaf.
1 Samuel 10:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. Brought him no presents - They gave him no proofs that they ack...
1 Samuel 10:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. Brought him no presents. In Eastern countries the honou...
1 Samuel 10:27 - 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 10:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The children of Belial. — More accurately, worthless men. (See Note on 1 Samuel 2:12 .) And they despised him. — As above suggested, these malcontents were probably princes and leading men of...
1 Samuel 10:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIV. SAUL CHOSEN KING 1 Samuel 10:17-27 . WHEN first the desire to have a king came to a height with the people, they had the grace to go to Samuel, and endeavour to arrange the matter...
1 Samuel 10:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the People Have Their Desire 1 Samuel 10:14-27 Samuel dealt faithfully with the people, reminding them once more of their guilty mistake in demanding a king; and indeed they came to rue their c...
1 Samuel 10:27 - 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 10:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(27) But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. Though it appeared that the general voice was with Saul,...
1 Samuel 10:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the children of Belial said ,.... Wicked, dissolute, lawless persons; men without a yoke, as the word signifies, who did not care to be under the yoke of government, at least not under the yoke...
1 Samuel 10:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. Ver. 27. But the children of Belial. ] Aweless, lawless, yok...
1 Samuel 10:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But the children of Belial said , &c. Some wicked men, who hated all government, and being, it is probable, men of some rank and quality, were proud, and despised a person of such a mean family....
1 Samuel 10:27 - 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 10:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Election of a King; Saul Introduced to the People. B. C. 1070. 17 And Samuel calle...
1 Samuel 10:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This man; so mean a person, and of the weakest of all the tribes. Brought him no presents; as subjects in those times and places used to do to their kings; see 1 Kings 10:25 2 Chronicles 17:5...
1 Samuel 10:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Saul Returns Home And Bides His Time, Finally Proving Himself By Defeating The Ammonites And As A Result Being ‘Made King Before YHWH' ( 1 Samuel 10:26 to 1 Samuel 11:15 ). Saul now returned hom...
1 Samuel 10:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 10:22 . “They inquired of the Lord … and the Lord answered.” “The inquiry was made through the high priest, by means of the Urim and Thummim. There can be no doubt that in a gathering of...
1 Samuel 10:27 - 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 10:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

And there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us. Public opinion in reference to the new King I. The sympathy of...
1 Samuel 10:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION PUBLIC SELECTION OF SAUL AS KING ( 1 Samuel 10:17-9 ). 1 Samuel 10:17 Samuel called the people together unto Jehovah to Mizpeh. For the reason why Mizpah (so the n...
1 Samuel 10:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul Chosen King by Lot
1 Samuel 10:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 10:25 ; 1 Kings 4:21 ; 1 Samuel 11:12 ; 1 Samuel 2:12 ; 2 Chronicles 13:7 ; 2 Chronicles 17:5 ; 2 Samuel 20:1 ; 2 Samuel 8:2 ; Acts 7:35 ; Acts 7:51 ; Acts 7:52 ; Deuteronomy 13:1...
1 Samuel 10:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

No presents — As subjects in those times used to do to their kings. This was an evidence both of his humility, and the mercifulness of his disposition. So Christ held his peace, in the day of his p...

1 Samuel 10:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 10:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 10:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 10:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 10:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 10:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 10:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 10:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 10:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 10:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 10:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 10:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 10:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 10:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 10:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 10:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 10:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 10:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 10:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 10:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes