1 Samuel 9:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Set not thy mind on them; trouble not thy mind about them. On whom is all the desire of Israel? who is he that shall be that thing or person which all Israel desire to have, to wit, a king? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? that honour is designed for thee, and, after thy death, for thy family or posterity, if by thy sin thou dost not cut off the entail.

1 Samuel 9:20

20 And as for thine asses that were lost threei days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?