Verse 2
2. When thou art departed from me Samuel proceeds, 1 Samuel 10:2-7, to give Saul three signs by which he shall know that God had chosen him king.
Rachel’s sepulchre See Genesis 35:19-20. There is no sufficient reason to question the traditional site of this place, which is at the modern Kubbet Rahil, a little to the northwest of Beth-lehem.
In the border of Benjamin This ran through the valley of Hinnom, just south of Jerusalem. Joshua 18:16.
Zelzah Some identify this place with the modern Beit-jala; but this passage would rather imply that it was situated north of Rachel’s tomb, and nearer to the border of Benjamin. It is nowhere mentioned again.
Left the care of the asses Literally, the words of the asses; he has left off talking about them, and says more words about his absent son.
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