1 Samuel 10

1 Samuel 10:1

a vial = flask. Not “the”.

Is it not . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. Note the Jehovah relationship. Here is another Homceoteleuton, which is preserved in the Septuagint and Vulgate, “the LORD [and thou shalt rule among the people of Jehovah, and thou shalt save them out of the hand of their enemies, and this shall be a sign unto thee, that] the LORD hath, &c. The eye of some ancient scribe evidently went back to the latter of these two words “the LORD” and accidentally omitted the words between them.

captain: “a” captain; not “the”.

1 Samuel 10:2

thou shalt find. Three signs given (compare Mark 14:3) to indicate the coming change.

men. Hebrew. ’enosh. App-14.

Rachel’s sepulchre. Compare Genesis 35:20.

lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

1 Samuel 10:3

plain = oak, or terebinth; growing generally alone, becomes a conspicuous landmark.

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

Beth-el = House of God. Evidently a place of worship, in the absence of any “place”, according to Deuteronomy 12:5, &c. Compare Exodus 20:24.

carrying. Probably their firstfruits. Compare 2 Kings 4:42.

1 Samuel 10:4

salute. Hebrew ask after thy peace.

1 Samuel 10:5

the garrison. So the Septuagint, Aramaean, and Syriac, but Hebrew text has plural

a company of prophets. The first occurrence of this expression. Probably a school established by Samuel (compare Acts 3:24; Acts 13:20). The head of such school called “father” (Compare 1 Samuel 10:12; 1 Samuel 19:20), or “master” (2 Kings 2:3), Such communities found later at Beth-el, Jericho, Gilgal (2 Kings 2:3, 2 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 4:38); and probably here at Gibeah and Ramah (compare Naioth, 1 Samuel 19:18, 1 Samuel 19:20).

psaltery = viol. A stringed instrument, same as lute. Compare 2 Samuel 6:5. 1 Kings 10:12. 1 Chronicles 16:5. Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 5:14. If. Amos 5:23; Amos 6:5.

tabret = drum. Hebrew. toph, Compare 18. c. 2 Samuel 6:5. Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 24:8; Isaiah 30:32. Jeremiah 31:4. Ezekiel 28:13. See note on “timbrel. “(Exodus 15:20).

pipe = a plain reed, single or double, played like modern flute. Note plural in the Subscription of Psa 5 (Companion Bible).

prophesy. Not necessarily “foretell”, but speak in the name of the Lord.

1 Samuel 10:6

the spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

man. Hebrew. ’ish. App-14.

1 Samuel 10:7

occasion serve thee = thy hand shall find.

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.

1 Samuel 10:11

What . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

1 Samuel 10:12

of the same place = from thence.

Is Saul . . . ? Origin of this Parcemia. App-6.

1 Samuel 10:18

children = sons.

Thus saith the LORD. This rehearsal is to show that they had sinned, although He was giving a king. Their sin was not in asking, but in forestalling Jehovah’s already expressed purpose to give them a king (see Deuteronomy 17:15 and compare Genesis 49:10).

1 Samuel 10:19

Nay. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, have this word in the text.

before the LORD = before Jehovah: i, e. in Mizpeh, 1 Samuel 10:17.

1 Samuel 10:20

was taken : i.e. by lot, by the Urim and Thummim. See note on Exodus 28:30.

1 Samuel 10:21

and Saul. Septuagint reads “and [when he had brought near the family of Matri man by man] Saul”. Compare Joshua 7:17.

1 Samuel 10:22

enquired: i.e. by the High Priest. No priest mentioned between 1Sa 4 and 1Sa 14, a period of forty years.

man. Hebrew. ’ish. App-14.

1 Samuel 10:24

See . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

God save the king. Hebrew Let the king live. An idiom which includes the desire that he might have everything that makes life worth living, including also eternal life.

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.

1 Samuel 10:26

touched-moved.

1 Samuel 10:27

How . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

he held his peace = he was as one that was deaf.