1 Samuel 10:5-11

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:9-16

Saul has now taken his leave of Samuel, much amazed, we may well suppose, at what has been done to him, almost ready to question whether he be awake or no, and whether it be not all a dream. Now here we are told, I. What occurred by the way, 1 Sam. 10:9. Those signs which Samuel had given him came to pass very punctually; but that which gave him the greatest satisfaction of all was this, he found immediately that God had given him another heart. A new fire was kindled in his breast, such as he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:5

After that thou shall come to the hill of God ,.... The Targum is, the hill in which was the ark of the Lord, and that was in the house of Abinadab, on a hill in the city of Kirjathjearim, 1 Samuel 7:1 and so the Jewish commentators generally interpret this hill of God of Kirjathjearim; but rather it was Geba, a city of Benjamin, partly because by this time he must have got out of the tribe of Judah into the tribe of Benjamin, and even almost to the end of his journey, and among those that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:6

And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee ,.... As a spirit of prophecy, so the Targum; whereby he would be enabled at once to compose psalms and hymns of praise, and sing them in a proper manner, though he had not been trained up in this exercise in the school of the prophets; which made it more wonderful to those that knew him: and thou shalt prophesy with them : or "praise" with them, as the same Targum; join with them in singing praises, and perform this service in an orderly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:7

And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee ,.... And are all fulfilled, especially the last: that thou do as occasion shall serve thee : as his circumstances would require, and as he in his great wisdom and prudence, with which he should now be furnished, would see necessary to prepare for his taking upon him the kingdom he was anointed to, and would be in a little time openly chosen to, and invested with. Some understand this of royal ornaments befitting a king, or of preparing... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:9

And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel ,.... When he had taken his leave of him, and set forward on his journey: God gave him another heart ; not in a moral or spiritual sense, not a new heart, and a new spirit, as in conversion, but in a civil sense, a right heart, a heart fit for government; filled with wisdom and prudence to rule a people; with courage and magnanimity to protect and defend them against their enemies, and fight for them; a heart not taken up... read more

John Gill

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

When they came thither to the hill ,.... Or, to Gibeah, as the Targum, and so Josephus F5 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 6. c. 4. sect. 2.) : behold, a company of prophets met him ; as foretold, 1 Samuel 10:5 , and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he prophesied among them ; the spirit of prophecy, as the Targum, and he sung praises among them; he joined with them in their psalmody, and performed it as regularly as if he had been brought up with them. The Jews say F6 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:11

And it came to pass, that when all that knew him before time ,.... As there must be many that personally knew him, and were acquainted with him, since Gibeah, the place he was near to, was his native place: saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets ; or praised among them, as the Targum, sung psalms and hymns with them: what is this that is come unto the son of Kish ? a rustic, a plebeian, that never was in the school of the prophets, or learned music, and yet is as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 10:5

The hill of God - The Targum says, "The hill on which the ark of the Lord was. Calmet supposes it to be a height near Gibeah. The garrison of the Philistines - Probably they kept a watch on the top of this hill, with a company of soldiers to keep the country in check. A company of prophets - A company of scribes, says the Targum. Probably the scholars of the prophets; for the prophets seem to have been the only accredited teachers, at particular times, in Israel;... read more

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