1|Sam. 10:1a| oil| 1|Sam. 9:16;| 16:13;| 2|Sam. 2:4;| 1|Kings 1:34, 39;| 2|Kings 9:1, 3, 6;| Psa. 89:20
1|Sam. 10:11b| Jehovah| Acts 13:21
| Lit., Has not Jehovah anointed…? God’s purpose in anointing Saul to be king was to discipline, to train, the children of Israel by means of a negative king, so that they would learn that replacing God with a king was not a matter of blessing (v. 19; 12:17, 19).
1|Sam. 10:1c| inheritance| Deut. 32:9;| Psa. 78:71
1|Sam. 10:2a| Rachel’s| Gen. 35:19-20
1|Sam. 10:51| the
| Or, Gibeah-haelohim.
1|Sam. 10:5a| high| 1|Sam. 9:12
1|Sam. 10:6a| Spirit| 1|Sam. 16:13;| cf. Num. 11:25;| Judg. 3:10;| 14:6, 19
1|Sam. 10:6b| prophesy| 1|Sam. 19:23-24
1|Sam. 10:8a| Gilgal| 1|Sam. 11:14-15;| 13:4
1|Sam. 10:8b| seven| 1|Sam. 13:8
1|Sam. 10:101| the
| Or, Gibeah.
1|Sam. 10:10a| Spirit| 1|Sam. 11:6;| 1|Chron. 12:18;| 2|Chron. 24:20
1|Sam. 10:11a| among| 1|Sam. 19:24
1|Sam. 10:18a| brought| Judg. 6:8-9;| 1|Sam. 12:8
1|Sam. 10:191| No
| Some MSS read, to Him.
1|Sam. 10:19a| king| 1|Sam. 8:5-6, 19-20;| 12:12
1|Sam. 10:19b| before| Josh. 24:1;| 1|Sam. 10:25
1|Sam. 10:20a| tribes| Josh. 7:14-18;| Num. 17:2
1|Sam. 10:201b| taken| 1|Sam. 14:41-42
| Saul was made king by the casting of lots (vv. 20-23a) to prove that he was chosen by God. Cf. note 21 in Josh. 14.
1|Sam. 10:22a| asked| 1|Sam. 23:2;| Num. 27:21
1|Sam. 10:251a| practice| Deut. 17:14-20;| 1|Sam. 8:9, 11-18
| Moses gave the law to the children of Israel, but before Samuel came they did not have a set of bylaws, a constitution. Samuel taught the people the bylaws, the constitution, the practice, the customs, the manners, the ordinances, and the rules of how to practice the kingdom of God on earth.