1 Samuel 9:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And as they went up the hille to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? ”

1 Samuel 9:11 - 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 9:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

up the hill . by the ascent of.
1 Samuel 9:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? Young maidens going out to draw water - So far is it from being tru...
1 Samuel 9:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? As they went up the hill to the city - now er-Rameh, lying on...
1 Samuel 9:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Saul and Samuel meet For the picture of Samuel in this c, as a person of local rather than national importance, cp. Intro. § 6. On early prophecy, see Intro. § 4. 1 Samuel 9:1 to 1 Samuel 10:...
1 Samuel 9:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XI. SAUL BROUGHT TO SAMUEL. 1 Samuel 9:1-14 . GOD'S providence is a wonderful scheme; a web of many threads, woven with marvelous skill; a network composed of all kinds of materials, g...
1 Samuel 9:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Saul Is Led to Find Samuel 1 Samuel 9:1-14 As a king was demanded by the people, one was selected to suit their taste-“a choice young man, and a goodly!” But the king after God's own heart was...
1 Samuel 9:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The king is now presented to us, and the story of his selection is told. Saul appears in every way to be a remarkable man. He was of good position, of the tribe of Benjamin; and, moreover, was wealth...
1 Samuel 9:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(10) Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. (11) В¶ And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going o...
1 Samuel 9:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as they went up the hill to the city ,.... For the city was built upon an hill, from whence it had the name of Ramah, which signifies high and lifted up: they found young maidens going out to...
1 Samuel 9:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 9:11 [And] as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? Ver. 11. Is the seer here? ] Seers then the prop...
1 Samuel 9:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The word of God now transfers out attention to a man of Benjamin whose genealogy is given us for four generations, and he a mighty man of power. From men's point of view everything was favorable as r...
1 Samuel 9:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul Introduced to Samuel. B. C. 1070. 11 And as they went up the hill to the city,...
1 Samuel 9:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Going out, i.e. out of the city, and down to the bottom of the hill, where the fountain or river was.
1 Samuel 9:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Go To Seek Help From The Prophet Whom The Servant Knows About ( 1 Samuel 9:6-13 ). 1 Samuel 9:6 ‘ And he said to him, “Look now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man who is...
1 Samuel 9:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 9:1 . “Now, there was a man of Benjamin.” “The elaborate genealogy of the Benjamite Kish, and the minute description of the figure of his son Saul, are i...
1 Samuel 9:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 9:2 . Saul, a choice young man. Elect and good, as the Vulgate reads, endowed with intellect and elegance of figure. Higher than any of the people; about eight feet in stature. David wa...
1 Samuel 9:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SELECTION OF SAUL AS KING BY THE VOICE OF PROPHECY . GENEALOGY OF SAUL ( 1 Samuel 9:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 9:1 A man … whose name was Kish. The genealogy of...
1 Samuel 9:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, they met them outside the city gates, as they were on their way to perform the duty still incumbent upon th...
1 Samuel 9:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 2:16 ; Genesis 24:11 ; Genesis 24:18-20 ; Judges 5:11
1 Samuel 9:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Saul, the Son of Kish 1 Samuel 9:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The cry of Israel for a King. Samuel was getting old and the Children of Israel wanted a king as other nations had a king. The churc...

1 Samuel 9:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 9:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 9:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 9:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 9:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 9:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 9:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 9:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 9:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 9:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 9:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 9:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 9:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 9:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 9:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 9:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary