1 Samuel 9:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. ”

1 Samuel 9:14 - 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 9:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

out against . opposite, so as to meet them.
1 Samuel 9:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. Come out against them - Met them.
1 Samuel 9:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, Samuel came out against them, &c.— Samuel met them, as he was about to ascend the high place. Houb. God told Samuel in his ear, in the next verse, signifies that he privately reveal...
1 Samuel 9:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the...
1 Samuel 9:14 - 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 9:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Behold, Samuel came out against them. — “Saul comes before Samuel, bashfully pursuing his humble quest, in apparent unconsciousness of the power slumbering within him of aspiring and attaining to t...
1 Samuel 9:14 - 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 9:14 - 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 9:14 - 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 9:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(14) And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. (15) Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day be...
1 Samuel 9:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they went up into the city ,.... Saul and his servant went up the hill to the city of Ramah: and when they were come into the city ; were within it, within the walls of it; behold, Samuel ca...
1 Samuel 9:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they went up into the city: [and] when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. Ver. 14. Samuel came out against them. ] Not without...
1 Samuel 9:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, Samuel came out against them Met them directly in his way to the sacrifice. For so God, in his providence, had disposed things, as it follows in the next words. The Lord had told Samuel in...
1 Samuel 9:14 - 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 9:14 - 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 9:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Samuel came out; out of his own house, just as they passed by.
1 Samuel 9:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Meet Samuel Who Is Informed By YHWH That This Is The Man Of His Choice To Be Permanent War-leader Of Israel ( 1 Samuel 9:14-17 ). 1 Samuel 9:14 ‘ And they went up to the city, and as they...
1 Samuel 9:14 - 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 9:14 - 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 9:14 - 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 9:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul the Guest of Samuel
1 Samuel 9:14 - 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 9:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 9:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 9:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 9:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 9:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 9:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 9:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 9:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 9:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 9:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 9:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 9:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 9:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 9:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 9:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 9:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 9:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 9:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary