The manner of a king foretold. Before CHRIST about 1095. m 1 Kings 21. 7. See Ez. 46. 18. I. SAMUEL. Saul sent to seek his father's asses. |be his horsemen; and some shall 13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14 And m he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his tofficers, and to Gen. 37. 36. his servants. ↑ Heb. eunuchs, 16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and Prov. 1. 25, the LORD "will not hear you in that day. 26, 27, 28. Is. 1. 15. Mic. 3. 4. • Jer. 44. 16. P ver. 5. q ver, 7. Hos. 13. 11. a ch. 14. 51. 1 Chr. 8. 33. & 9. 39. 1 Or, the son of a man of Jemini. Tor. substance. 19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. 22 And the LORD said to Samuel, a Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. CHAPTER IX. Before CHRIST about 1095. was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: bfrom bch. 10. 23. his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. 3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. 4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they 2 Kings 4.42. found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. 5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. 6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city da man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go. 7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread tis spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to thet man of God: what thave we? 8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, †I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. d Deut. 33. 1. 1 Kings 13.1. ch. 3. 19. fSee Judg. 6. 18. & 13. 17. 1 Kings 14.3. 2 Kings 1.42. Heb. is & 8.8. gone out of with us. + Heb. there is found in my hand. 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, Gen. 25. 22. thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called ha Seer.) 10 Then said Saul to his servant, + Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. 1 Saul despairing to find his father's asses, 6 Njamin, whose 2 And he had a son, whose name 12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, h 2 Sam. 24. 2 Kings 17. 1 Chr. 26. 28. 2 Chr. 16, 7, Is. 30. 10. † Heb. Thy ↑ Heb. in the ascent of the city. i Gen. 24. 11. for he came to day to the city; CHRIST for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: 13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway 11 Kings 3. 2. find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. † Heb. to day. m ch. 15. 1. Acts 13. 21. ↑ Heb. revealed the ear of Sum uel, ch. 20. 2. n ch. 10. 1. 14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. 15m Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, 16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I Ex. 2. 25. & have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto 3.7, 9. 19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. 20 And as for a thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom ris all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? 21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the t smallest of the tribes of Israel? and "my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou tso to me? 22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them Samuel anointeth Saul. sit in the chiefest place among Before them that were bidden, which CHRIST were about thirty persons. 23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. about 1095. 33. Ez. 24. 4. reserved. 24 And the cook took up the Lev. 7. 32, shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, Or, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. Saul did eat with Samuel that day. So 2 Sam. 11. 2. Acts 10. 9. 25 ¶ And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon y the top of the house. Deut. 22, 8. 26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. 27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, Heb. that I may shew thee the word of God. CHAPTER X. 1 Samuel anointeth Saul. 2 He confirmeth him by prediction of three signs. 9 Saul's heart is changed, and he prophesieth. 14 He concealeth the matter of the kingdom from his uncle. 17 Saul is chosen at Mizpeh by lot. 26 The different affections of his subjects. to day. Toil, and poured it upon his HEN a Samuel took a vial of ch. 9. 16. & head, band kissed him, and said, 6. b Ps. 2. 12. © Acts 13. 21. d Deut. 32. 9. Ps. 78. 71. 20. f Josh. 18. 28. 2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre Gen. 35. 19, in the border of Benjamin fat Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left + the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up s to God to † Heb. the business. 5 Gen. 28. 22. & 35, 1, 3, 7. Saul's heart is changed. Before 1095. I. SAMUEL. Beth-el, one carrying three kids, CHRIST and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: 4 And they will † salute thee, and give thee two loaves of Judg. 18. 15. bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands. † Heb. ask thee of peace: as h ver. 10. i ch. 13. 3. k ch. 9. 12. 1 Ex. 15. 20, 21. 2 Kings 3.15. 1 Cor. 14. 1. m Num. 11.25. ch. 16. 13. n ver. 10. ch. 19. 23, 24. tHeb.it shall come to pass, that when these signs, &c. o Ex. 4. 8. Luke 2. 12. † Heb. do for 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down k from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy : 6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another 7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, tthat thou do as occasion serve thee; for P God is with thee. 8 And thou shalt go down bethee as thine fore me a to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. hand shall find. Judg. 9. 33. P Judg. 6. 12. 9 ch. 11. 14, 15. & 13. 4. ch. 13. 8. 9 And it was so, that, when he had turned his † back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart and all those signs came to pass that day. 10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, ta company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said tone to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? 12 And one t of the same place answered and said, But y who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? 13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. 14 ¶ And Saul's uncle said unto Before CHRIST He is proclaimed king at Mizpeh. him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. 15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. 16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. 17 And Samuel called the people together z unto the LORD to Mizpeh; 19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands. 20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel Josh. 7. 14, to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. 36, 17. Acts 1. 24, 26. 10, 11. 22 Therefore they inquired of ch. 23. 2, 4, the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. 23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was high-fch. 9. 2. er than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, h† God save the king. Nahash's proposal. Before 1095. I. SAMUEL. Before 1095. k Judg. 1. 5. 12 Sam. 24.9. Saul rescueth Jabesh-gilead. and wrote it in a book, and laid | in Bezek, the children 1of IsCHRIST it up before the LORD. And rael were three hundred thou- CHRIST Samuel sent all the people away, sand, and the men of Judah every man to his house. thirty thousand. 26 And Saul also went home kto Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts 1 Kings 4.21. God had touched. k Judg. 20. 14. ch. 11. 4. I ch. 11. 12. m Deut. 13. 13. n 2 Sam 8.2. & 10. 25. 2 Chr. 17. 5. 27 But the m children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, as though hen and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. had been deaf. 9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came Or, deliv and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow mwe will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. erance. m ver. 3. 11. • Judg. 7. 16. 11 And it was so on the morrow, that "Saul put the people in" See ch. 31. three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. 12 T And the people said unto Samuel, P Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? a bring the men, that we may put them to death. P ch. 10. 27. a See Luke 19. 27. 22. 13 And Saul said, "There shall 2 Sam. 19. not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel. $ Ex. 14. 13, 14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go tto Gil-t ch. 10. 8. gal, and renew the kingdom there. sent them throughout all the sent. 8 And when he numbered them ch. 10. 17. ch. 10. 8. Samuel testifieth his integrity. Before 1095. e ver. 5. 1035. fch. 8. 5. & 9.20. I. SAMUEL. He calleth for thunder and rain. against me before the LORD, and | king f whom ye have chosen, and Before CHRIST before his anointed: fwhose whom ye have desired! and, be- CHRIST ox have I taken? or whose ass hold, the LORD hath set a king have I taken? or whom have I over you. defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any † bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. ch. 10. 1. & 24. 6. 16. Sam. 1. 14. f Num. 16. 15. 1 Thess. 2.5. Acts 20. 33. † Heb. ransom. Or, that I 4 And they said, Thou hast not should hide defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of mine eyes at him? 8 Deut. 16. 19. any man's hand. 5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, h John 18. 38. that ye have not found aught iin my hand. And they answered, He is witness. Acts 23.9. & 24. 16, 20. i Ex. 22. 4. k Mic. 6. 4. Or, made, 1 Is. 1. 18. & benefits, + Heb. with. m Gen. 46. 5, 6. n Ex. 2. 23. Ex. 3. 10. & 4. 16. 6And Samuel said unto the people, k It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did t to you and to your fathers. 8 m When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. 9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, t We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, "and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 11 And the LORD sent y Jerubz Judg. 11. 1. baal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and a Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelt safe. 14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD; then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you † continue following the LORD your God: 15 But if ye will inot obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD; then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, kas it was against your fathers. Hos. 13. 11. Ps. 81. 13, 14. Heb. mouth. tHeb. be after. Lev. 26. 14, 15, &c. kver. 9. Ex. 14. 13, 31. m Prov. 26.1. Josh. 10. 12. 16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. 17 Is it not mwheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is ch. 8. 7. great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. 18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and Pall the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. ch, 7. 9, 10. James 5. 16, 17, 18. Jer. 14. 21. Ez. 20. 9, 14. * Deut. 7. 7, 8. & 14. 2. Mal. 1.2. ceasing. sake his people for his great Heb. from 23 Morcover as for me, God for- 24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how d great things he hath done for you. y Acts 12. 5. Col. 1. 9. Ps. 34. 11. Prov. 4. 11. Kings 86. 2 Chr. 6. 27. Jer. 6. 16. b Ecc. 12. 13. © Is. 5. 12. Or, what a great thing, &c. d Deut. 10. 21. Ps. 126, 2, 3. |