Partly, in obedience to Samuel, who obliged him to secrecy; partly, from a humble modesty which appeared in him, 1 Samuel 10:22; and partly, in prudence, lest by an unseasonable publishing of it he should raise envy in some, disbelief and contempt in others, &c.
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1 Samuel 10:16
16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.