Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:26
A band of men - Rather, “the host,” “men of valor,” There seems to be an opposition intended between the “valiant men” and the “children of Belial” (1 Samuel 10:27). read more
사무엘상 10:22-27 Krv
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:27
Presents - The מנחה mı̂nchāh was the token of homage and acknowledgment from the subject to the sovereign, and from the tributary nation to their suzerain. (See 2 Samuel 8:2, 2 Samuel 8:6; Jdg 3:17-18; 1 Kings 4:21; 2 Kings 17:4, etc.; Psalms 72:10; Isaiah 16:1.) Saul dissembled his resentment, and waited for the favorable tide which soon came with the invasion of Nahash. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 10:22
1 Samuel 10:22. They inquired of the Lord Either by Urim and Thummim, which was the usual way of inquiry; or by Samuel, who by his prayer procured an answer. He hath hid himself among the stuff Among the carriages or baggage of the people there assembled. This he probably did from a sense of his own unworthiness. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 10:25
1 Samuel 10:25. The manner of the kingdom The laws and rules by which the kingly government was to be managed; agreeably to those mentioned Deuteronomy 17:16, &c. Before the Lord Before the ark, where it was kept safe from depravation. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 10:26
1 Samuel 10:26. Saul went home to Gibeah Not being actually inaugurated into his kingdom, he thought fit to retire to his former habitation, and to live privately till he had an occasion to show himself in a more illustrious manner. There went with him a band of men A company, probably, of stout, valiant men, of great resolution, who went as his guard, to afford him safe and honourable conduct to his house, although, as it appears, not to abide with him there, which would not have suited... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 10:27
1 Samuel 10:27. But the children of Belial said, &c. Some wicked men, who hated all government, and being, it is probable, men of some rank and quality, were proud, and despised a person of such a mean family. How shall this man save us? They would not vouchsafe so much as to call him by his name, but insolently contemned him, as a person of no note, who had no power to deliver them. They brought him no presents As subjects in those times, and in the eastern countries, used to do to... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:17-27
Saul made king (10:17-27)Some time later, Samuel called a meeting of the leaders of all the tribes and families in Israel to select a king (17-19). The selection was made by a system of drawing lots that finally led to one man being chosen. Two people, a confident Samuel and a nervous Saul, knew through God’s previous private revelation who would be chosen (20-24).After the selection had been made, Samuel announced publicly the rights and duties of a king (25; cf. Deuteronomy 17:14-20). Many of... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 10:22
enquired : i.e. by the High Priest. No priest mentioned between 1 Samuel 4:0 and 1Sa 14, a period of forty years. man . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 10:24
See . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . God save the king . Hebrew Let the king live. An idiom which includes the desire that he might have everything that makes life worth living, including also eternal life. read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:25
The manner of the kingdom - i. e., the just prerogative of the kingdom, the law, or bill of rights, by which the king’s power was limited as well as secured. It is not improbable that what Samuel wrote was simply a transcript of Deuteronomy 17:14-20, which he “laid up before the Lord,” i. e., placed by the side of the ark of the covenant with the copy of the Law (see Deuteronomy 31:26). It would be ready for reference if either king or people violated the “law of the kingdom.” read more