1 Samuel 10:9-24

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:17-27

Saul's nomination to the throne is here made public, in a general assembly of the elders of Israel, the representatives of their respective tribes at Mizpeh. It is probable that this convention of the states was called as soon as conveniently it might, after Saul was anointed, for, if there must be a change in their government, the sooner the better: it might be of bad consequence to be long in the doing. The people having met in a solemn assembly, in which God was in a peculiar manner present... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:12

And one of the same place answered, and said ,.... One of the same city, and in the same company, that expressed their admiration at what was come to Saul, and at what he did, and wondering how he came into such company, and to have such a gift, who was of so mean an education: but who is their father? the father of the prophets ; their fathers were not prophets, no more than Saul's was; their Father that taught them is the Lord, and he was able to teach Saul, and bestow on him the gift... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:13

And when he had made an end of prophesying ,.... For, as Procopius Gazaeus observes, he had not the gift of prophecy always; it did not continue with him, but, like that of the seventy elders in the times of Moses, it was designed to make him respectable among the people, and to be taken notice of as a person that God had honoured with a peculiar gift, that so, when he should be chosen king, they would the more readily receive him: he came to the high place ; to return thanks to God for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:14

And Saul's uncle said unto him, and to his servant, whither went ye ?.... Since they had been absent so long a time. This was his father's brother, as the Targum, and so Aquila; whose name was Ner, the father of Abner, 1 Samuel 14:50 who met with him at the high place, or found him in the city, in his father's house it may be. Josephus F7 Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 6. c. 4.) sect. 3. says, Saul went into the house of his kinsman Abner, whom he loved above all his relations, and that it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:15

And Saul's uncle said , &c.; l On hearing he had been with Samuel, and perceiving so great an alteration in Saul, perhaps he began to suspect something about the kingdom; it being what everyone was talking of, and expecting every day to hear from Samuel who should be king, according to the Lord's appointment: tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you ; the earnestness with which he put this question seems to confirm the above conjecture. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 10:16

And Saul said unto his uncle ,.... In answer to his question: he told us plainly the asses were found ; or "in telling told us" F8 הגד הגיד "indicando indicavit", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; ; not only plainly in so many words, but he affirmed it with the greatest certainty that the asses were found, and we need not give ourselves further trouble about them: but of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not ; he said not one word about that, which is... read more

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