1 Samuel 9:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. ”

1 Samuel 9:25 - 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 9:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. Upon the top of the house - All the houses in the East were flat-roofed; on thes...
1 Samuel 9:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When they were come down from the high place, &c.— The Vulgate adds at the close of this verse, and Saul prepared him a bed on the top of the house and slept; which Houbigant approves. We ref...
1 Samuel 9:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. Saul was taken to lod...
1 Samuel 9:25 - 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 9:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And when they were come down. — After the public sacrificial meal at which such signal honours had been shown to the Benjamite stranger and his servant, the prophet-judge detained Saul from continu...
1 Samuel 9:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XII. FIRST MEETING OF SAMUEL AND SAUL. 1 Samuel 9:15-27 . THE meeting between Samuel and Saul was preceded by previous meetings between Samuel and God. God had prepared the prophet for...
1 Samuel 9:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Prophet Meets the Coming King 1 Samuel 9:15-27 There are some favored souls to whom God reveals His secrets, Psalms 25:14 ; John 15:15 . Covet, above all things, that habitual nearness to...
1 Samuel 9:25 - 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 9:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(25) And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. (26) And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, t...
1 Samuel 9:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when they came down from the high place into the city ,.... After the feast was ended; and though Ramah itself was situated on an eminence, yet it seems this high place was higher than that, bei...
1 Samuel 9:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, [Samuel] communed with Saul upon the top of the house. Ver. 25. Samuel communed with Saul. ] Gave him good counsel, better than any...
1 Samuel 9:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Samuel communed with Saul Concerning the kingdom designed for him by God, and his administration of the government; upon the top of the house For coolness in the evening, and privacy. The Vulgate...
1 Samuel 9:25 - 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 9:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul Entertained by Samuel. B. C. 1070. 18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate,...
1 Samuel 9:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Samuel communed with Saul, concerning the kingdom designed to him by God, and his duty to expect it patiently, till God actually called him to it; and to administer it piously, and justly, and vali...
1 Samuel 9:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Samuel Honours Saul At The Feast And Then Explains To Him Privately What It Is All About ( 1 Samuel 9:22-26 ). To the astonishment of Saul and his servant they now found themselves as guests of ho...
1 Samuel 9:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 9:15 . “Told Samuel to his ear.” lit., had uncovered his ear . See on 1 Samuel 3:7 . 1 Samuel 9:16-17 . “The reason here assigned for the establishme...
1 Samuel 9:25 - 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 9:25 - 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 9:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul the Guest of Samuel
1 Samuel 9:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 9:13 ; 2 Samuel 11:2 ; Acts 10:9 ; Deuteronomy 22:8 ; Jeremiah 19:13 ; Matthew 10:27 ; Nehemiah 8:16
1 Samuel 9:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Communed — Concerning the kingdom designed for him by God.

1 Samuel 9:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 9:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 9:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 9:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 9:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 9:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 9:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 9:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 9:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 9:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 9:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 9:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 9:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 9:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 9:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 9:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 9:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 9:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 9:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes