1 Samuel 9:1-24 NIV

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 9:24

And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.I said — When I first spake that I had invited the people to join with me in my sacrifice, and then to partake with me of the feast, I then bade the cook reserve this part for thy use. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 9:1

1. A man of Benjamin The smallest of the tribes, and the one lately devastated by civil war, (Judges 20:0,) has the honour of giving the first king to Israel; but the subsequent conduct and tragic death of Saul made that honour a reproach. Kish, the son of Abiel On this genealogy, see 1 Samuel 14:50, and 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39. Zeror, Bechorath, and Aphiah are not mentioned elsewhere. A mighty man of power A man of wealth, as Boaz, (Judges 2:1,) and also, probably, a... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 9:1-27

THE ANOINTING OF SAUL, 1 Samuel 9:1 to 1 Samuel 10:16. In this chapter we are introduced to him who figures in the following history as the first king of Israel. But Samuel is yet the chief ruler, and Saul does not appear as reigning and exercising all his regal prerogatives until in chap. 13, after the prophet Samuel has given his last public counsel and exhortation to the assembled nation. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 9:2

2. A choice young man, and a goodly In the vigour and prime of early manhood, and of a beautiful countenance. Higher than any of the people Great respect was paid by the ancients to a noble presence. Herodotus (iii, 20) says of the Ethiopians: “They confer the sovereignty upon the man whom they consider to be of the largest stature, and to possess strength proportionable to his size.” read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 9:3

3. One of the servants Traditionally believed to have been Doeg the Edomite, afterwards chief herdsman of Saul. 1 Samuel 21:7. His being “detained before the Lord” at Nob shows him to have been religiously disposed, and this may account for his knowledge of the seer Samuel. See on 1 Samuel 9:6. Go seek the asses “Among cattle in the East at all times, and especially in times ere horses were in use for riding, asses were of very much importance; and when, therefore, it was found one... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 9:4

4. Mount Ephraim See note on Judges 17:1. There is great uncertainty in respect to this route of Saul after his father’s asses. He undoubtedly started from Gibeah, where was his home, (1 Samuel 10:26,) and, passing through or over ( עבר ) mount Ephraim, he must have gone in a northwesterly direction. In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, we naturally understand the land of Shalisha to be the country around Baal-shalisha, mentioned 2 Kings 4:42, and which, according to... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 9:5

5. Land of Zuph Perhaps so called after one of Samuel’s ancestors who bore this name, 1 Samuel 1:1. It must have been situated south of Jerusalem, for when Saul started for his home in Gibeah he passed by Rachel’s sepulchre. 1 Samuel 10:2. We find a slight trace of the word in the modern Soba, which some regard as the Rama-thaim-Zophim of 1 Samuel 1:1; and probably the land of Zuph extended from this place southwards beyond Bethlehem. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 9:6

6. In this city The city here referred to could not have been Ramah, Samuel’s home, as most commentators have assumed, for that lay five miles north of Jerusalem, (see note on 1 Samuel 1:1,) and Saul and his servant were now somewhere in the vicinity of Rachel’s tomb. 1 Samuel 10:2. What city it was we are nowhere told. But if it was not Samuel’s place of residence, how did Saul’s servant know that Samuel was there? This question we can answer only by conjecture, and the most plausible... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 9:7

7. What shall we bring the man “Then, as now, in the East, it would have been the height of rudeness and indecorum for any one to present himself before a superior or equal, especially if he had any request to make, without some present, more or less, according to his degree not by any means as a fee or bribe, but in testimony of his homage, his respect, or his compliments.” Kitto. See biblical examples of this custom in 1 Samuel 10:27, and the marginal references there. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 9:8

8. The fourth part of a shekel of silver About fifteen cents. read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 9:24

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 9:1-27

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 9:5

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 9:7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 9:8

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