1 Samuel 10:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. ”

1 Samuel 10:7 - 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 10:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

occasion serve thee . thy hand shall find.
1 Samuel 10:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. Thou do as occasion serve thee - After God has shown thee all these signs that thou...
1 Samuel 10:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. No JFB commentary on this verse.
1 Samuel 10:7 - 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 10:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When these signs are come unto thee. — When these varied circumstances have happened to thee, then be sure that the splendid and glorious life which I have foretold as thy lot will assuredly lie...
1 Samuel 10:7 - 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 10:7 - 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 10:7 - 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 10:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) When thou art departed from me today, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are...
1 Samuel 10:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee ,.... And are all fulfilled, especially the last: that thou do as occasion shall serve thee : as his circumstances would require, and as he in hi...
1 Samuel 10:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, [that] thou do as occasion serve thee; for God [is] with thee. Ver. 7. That thou do as occasion serve thee. ] Dispone te quantum potueris ad de...
1 Samuel 10:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Do as occasion shall serve thee Hebrew, Do what thy hand findeth to do; that is, as thou shalt have a call and opportunity. As if he had said, I cannot give thee particular directions about every...
1 Samuel 10:7 - 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 10:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul Anointed by Samuel; Samuel's Address to Saul. B. C. 1070. 1 Then Samuel took a vial...
1 Samuel 10:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These signs were certain evidences of God's calling of him to the kingdom, because they were all future contingencies, which none but God could infallibly know or foretell. Do as occasion shall se...
1 Samuel 10:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Samuel Indicates Certain Signs That Saul Will Receive That Will Demonstrate That It Is As He Has Said ( 1 Samuel 10:2-8 ). Matters were not just to be left there. A deliberately private anointing...
1 Samuel 10:7 - 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 10:7 - 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 10:7 - 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 10:7 - 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 10:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul Anointed by Samuel
1 Samuel 10:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 20:1 ; Exodus 4:8 ; Genesis 21:20 ; Isaiah 45:1 ; Isaiah 45:2 ; Isaiah 7:14 ; John 6:14 ; Judges 6:12 ; Judges 9:33 ; Luke 2:12 ; Matthew 1:23 ; Matthew 28:20
1 Samuel 10:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thou do — Heb. do what they hand findeth to do; that is, as thou shalt have a call and opportunity. He doth not intend that he should take the kingly government upon him, before his call to it was...

1 Samuel 10:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 10:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 10:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 10:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 10:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 10:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 10:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 10:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 10:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 10:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 10:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 10:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 10:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 10:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 10:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 10:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 10:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 10:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 10:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 10:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes