1 Samuel 10:1

1 Samuel 10:1

1 Then ^aSamuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, ^band kissed him and said: “Is it not because ^cthe Lord has anointed you commander over ^dHis inheritance?

2 When you have departed from me today, you will find two men by ^aRachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin ^bat Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. And now your father has ceased caring about the donkeys and is worrying about ^cyou, saying, “What shall I do about my son?” ’

3 Then you shall go on forward from there and come to the terebinth tree of Tabor. There three men going up ^ato God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

4 And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hands.

5 After that you shall come to the hill of God ^awhere the Philistine garrison is. And it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down ^bfrom the high place with a stringed instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; ^cand they will be prophesying.

6 Then ^athe Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and ^byou will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.

7 And let it be, when these ^asigns come to you, that you do as the occasion demands; for ^bGod is with you.

8 You shall go down before me ^ato Gilgal; and surely I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and make sacrifices of peace offerings. ^bSeven days you shall wait, till I come to you and show you what you should do.”

9 So it was, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, that God¹ gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day.

10 ^aWhen they came there to the hill, there was ^ba group of prophets to meet him; then the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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SAMUEL ANOINTS SAUL, AND CONFIRMS HIM BY THE PREDICTION OF THREE SIGNS. (1Sa. 10:1-27)

Then Samuel took a vial of oil—This was the ancient (Judges 9:8) ceremony of investiture with the royal office among the Hebrews and other Eastern nations. But there were two unctions to the kingly office; the one in private, by a prophet (I Samuel 16:13), which was meant to be only a prophetic intimation of the person attaining that high dignity—the more public and formal inauguration (II Samuel 2:4; II Samuel 5:3) was performed by the high priest, and perhaps with the holy oil, but that is not certain. The first of a dynasty was thus anointed, but not his heirs, unless the succession was disputed (I Kings 1:39; II Kings 11:12; II Kings 23:30; II Chronicles 23:11).

kissed him—This salutation, as explained by the words that accompanied it, was an act of respectful homage, a token of congratulation to the new king (Psalms 2:12).

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