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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:7

Do as occasion serve thee. Literally, "do for thyself as thy hand shall find," i.e. follow the lead of circumstances, and do thy best. This is the flood time of thy fortunes; press onward, and the kingdom is thine own, for God is with thee, and success is sure. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:8

Thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal. We find in 1 Samuel 13:8-13 a meeting at Gilgal so exactly parallel to what is arranged here that we cannot help looking upon this, again, as a sort of sign to be fulfilled at a later period. It is no argument against it that Gilgal was the place where in the mean while Saul was solemnly inaugurated king; for he was appointed in order that he might deliver Israel from the Philistines ( 1 Samuel 9:16 ), and we may feel sure that this grand purpose... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:2

How should Saul know that what Samuel said was the word of the Lord? Samuel gives him a sign, “Thou shalt find two men,” etc. (Compare Judges 6:36-40; Isaiah 7:11-14; John 6:30; Mark 11:2; Mark 14:13, etc.)Zelzah - A place absolutely unknown. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:3

The plain of Tabor - It should be “the oak or terebinth”” of Tabor” (Judges 4:11 note). It has been ingeniously conjectured that “Tabor” is either a different form of “Deborah,” or a corruption of it, and that the “oak,” or “terebinth of Tabor,” is the same as “Allon-bachuth,” the oak under which Deborah was buried, and which lay “beneath Bethel” Genesis 35:8. The terebinth, where the three men came upon Saul, must have been at some point previous to that where the road leading northward from... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:5

Hill of God - Rather, “Gibeah” of God, and so in 1 Samuel 10:10. Two things are clear; “one” that Saul had got home when he got to Gibeah of God, for there he found his uncle, and no further journeying is so much as hinted at, and the same word “Gibeah” describes his home at 1 Samuel 10:26. The “other” that there was a high place at Gibeah just above the city, from which he met the company of prophets “coming down.” Hence, it is obvious to conclude that the name “Gibeah of God” (which occurs... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:6

Will come upon thee - The word rendered “come,” means to “come” or “pass upon,” as fire does when it breaks out and spreads Amos 5:6; hence, it is frequently used of the Spirit of God passing upon anyone. (See Judges 14:19; Judges 15:14; below 1 Samuel 10:10; 1 Samuel 11:6; 1 Samuel 16:13.)Shalt be turned into another man - This is a remarkable expression, and occurs nowhere else. It describes the change in point of mental power and energy which would result from the influx of the Spirit of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:8

Seven days shalt thou tarry ... - The appointment here made is not to be confounded with that mentioned in marginal reference. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 10:2

1 Samuel 10:2. By Rachel’s sepulchre In the way to Beth-lehem, which city was in Judah; her sepulchre might be either in Judah, or in Benjamin; for the possessions of those two tribes were bordering one upon another. The first place he directs him to was a sepulchre, the sepulchre of one of his ancestors. There he must read a lecture of his own mortality, and, now he had a crown in his eye, must think of his grave, in which all his honour would be laid in the dust. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 10:3

1 Samuel 10:3. Thou shalt come to the plain Not that at the foot of mount Tabor, which was far from these parts; but another, belonging to some other place. Beth-el Properly so called, which was in Ephraim, where there was a noted high place, famous for Jacob’s vision there, (Genesis 28:19,) and where it is probable they offered sacrifices, in this confused state of things, when the ark was in one place, and the tabernacle in another. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 10:4

1 Samuel 10:4. They will salute thee, &c. This may be considered as a third sign, or an appendix to the second. And it is the more remarkable, because this present, which they made him, was a figure of that honour which the people did him when he was declared their king. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 10:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 10:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 10:4

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