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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 10:25

wrote it in a book . Hebrew the book: viz. the book kept before the Lord; even the scriptures of truth. See Exodus 17:14 and App-47 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 10:27

How . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . he held his peace = he was as one that was deaf. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 10:25

SAMUEL'S INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE KINGSHIP"Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship; and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home. Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts the Lord had touched. But some worthless fellows said, "How can this man save us"? And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.""And he wrote them in a book... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:26

26. And Saul also went home to Gibeah—near Geba. This was his place of residence (see :-), about five miles north of Jerusalem. there went . . . a band of men, whose hearts God had touched—who feared God and regarded allegiance to their king as a conscientious duty. They are opposed to "the children of Belial." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 10:27

27. the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents—In Eastern countries, the honor of the sovereign and the splendor of the royal household are upheld, not by a fixed rate of taxation, but by presents brought at certain seasons by officials, and men of wealth, from all parts of the kingdom, according to the means of the individual, and of a customary registered value. Such was the tribute which Saul's opponents withheld, and for want... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 10:17-27

3. The choice of Saul by lot 10:17-27"Saul’s rise to kingship over Israel took place in three distinct stages: He was (1) anointed by Samuel (1 Samuel 9:1 to 1 Samuel 10:16), (2) chosen by lot (1 Samuel 10:17-27), and (3) confirmed by public acclamation (1 Samuel 11:1-15). [Note: Youngblood, p. 623.] Saul’s anointing had been private, but his choice by lot was public.Mizpah was the scene of Israel’s previous spiritual revival and victory over the Philistines (1 Samuel 7:5-13). Perhaps Samuel... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 10:1-27

Saul is anointed King by Samuel1. LXX is probably right in reading at the end Of this v. ’and this is the sign that the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain’ (RV ’prince’) ’over his inheritance.’ 2. Rachel’s tomb] was not far from Bethlehem (Genesis 35:19-20).3. Plain] RV ’oak.’5. The hill of God] The word is really ’Gibeah,’ which was Saul’s own home. It is here called ’God’s Gibeah’ because Samuel had established a school of the prophets there. Cp. the common term for a prophet, ’man of God’... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 10:22

(22) Therefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither.—Saul and Samuel alone, of all the host gathered that day at Mizpeh, knew on whom the lot would fall. So certain was Saul, after the strange signs had sealed the truth of the prophet’s revelation, that he would be designated by the sacred lot, that he shrank from waiting to hear the result, and concealed himself among the baggage and store-tents and waggons of the vast assembly. A second Divine announcement was... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 10:25

(25) Wrote it in a book.—The “Law of the Kingdom,” which Samuel rehearsed before the people, and which he wrote in a roll, and laid solemnly up and preserved among the State archives, related to the divinely established right and duties of the God-appointed king, and also clearly set forth the limitations of his power. The vice-gerent on earth of the invisible King could be no arbitrary despot, unless he transgressed plainly and openly the “manner of the kingdom” written in a book, and laid up... read more

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