1 Samuel 10:8-12:25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:1-8

Samuel is here executing the office of a prophet, giving Saul full assurance from God that he should be king, as he was afterwards, according to these prophecies which went before of him. I. He anointed him and kissed him, 1 Sam. 10:1. This was not done in a solemn assembly, but it was done by divine appointment, which made up the want of all external solemnities, nor was it ever the less valid for its being done in private, under a hedge, or, as the Jews say, by a fountain. God's institutions... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:8

And thou shall go down before me to Gilgal ,.... Not immediately; for the first summons of the people, and of Saul, and the first meeting of them by Samuel, were at Mizpeh, where Saul was chosen by lot; nor the first time of Saul's being at Gilgal, when the kingdom was renewed; for Saul had no need to wait seven days there, since he and Samuel went together, 1 Samuel 11:14 rather at the second time of his being there, where not staying the time quite up, was reproved for it, which was two... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 10:8

Seven days shalt thou tarry - I will come to thee within seven days, offer sacrifices, receive directions from the Lord, and deliver them to thee. It is likely that these seven days referred to the time in which Samuel came to Saul to Gilgal, offered sacrifices, and confirmed the kingdom to him, after he had defeated the Ammonites. See 1 Samuel 11:14 , 1 Samuel 11:15 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:1-8

Supports to faith and duty. The facts are— 1 . Samuel privately anoints Saul as the chosen of God. 2 . He gives him four signs of the Divine sanction of the act of anointing. 3 . He instructs him on the completion of the signs to act on his own judgment, with the assurance that God is his helper. 4 . He finally directs him to wait at Gilgal for himself, there to receive further guidance. The course taken by Samuel was the natural completion of his protracted intercourse... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 10:8

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 10:8

1 Samuel 10:8. Seven days shalt thou tarry till I come This, though now mentioned and commanded, was not immediately to be performed; as is evident, partly from the whole course of the story, (which shows that Saul and Samuel, and the people, first met at Mizpeh, 1 Samuel 10:17, &c., where Saul was chosen of God, and accepted by the people as king; and afterward went to Gilgal once before the time here spoken of, 1 Samuel 11:14-15,) and partly by comparing this place with 1 Samuel 13:8,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:1-16

Samuel’s prediction about Saul (9:1-10:16)Saul, who became Israel’s first king, originally had no desire for political power and little interest in the spiritual ministry of Samuel. As the son of a wealthy landowner, he was more concerned about the loss of his father’s donkeys, and the worry he might cause his father by being away so long in search of them (9:1-5). This concern led him to seek help from Samuel. He thought that Samuel, with his ability to see visions and make predictions, could... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 10:8

thou shalt go down . This was the beginning of organised rising against the Philistines. All directed by God through Samuel; not by Saul. behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 . offer = offer up. App-43 . sacrifice = slay. App-43 . Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton in 1 Samuel 10:8 . App-6 . a another = different. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 10:8

1 Samuel 10:8. And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal— Respecting this matter, see on chap. 1 Samuel 13:8. read more

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