1 Samuel 10:5-15

5 After that you shall come to 1Gibeath-elohim,[a]2where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down 3from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.
6 4Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, 5and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.
7 Now when 6these signs meet you, do what your hand finds to do, 7for God is with you.
8 Then go down before me 8to Gilgal. And behold, I am coming to you to offer burnt offerings and 9to sacrifice peace offerings. 10Seven days you shall wait, until I come to you and show you what you shall do."
9 When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day.
10 When they came to 11Gibeah,[b] behold, a group of prophets met him, 12and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them.
11 And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, "What has come over the son of Kish? 13Is Saul also among the prophets?"
12 And a man of the place answered, 14"And who is their father?" Therefore it became a proverb, 15"Is Saul also among the prophets?"
13 When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.
14 16Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, "Where did you go?" And he said, 17"To seek the donkeys. And when we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel."
15 And Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."

1 Samuel 10:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 10

In this chapter we read of Saul's being anointed king by Samuel, 1Sa 10:1, and of certain signs given as confirming the same, which should come to pass, and did, before Saul got to his father's house, 1Sa 10:2-13, of his arrival at his father's house, and of what passed between him and his uncle there, 1Sa 10:14-16, of Samuel's calling all Israel together at Mizpeh, and of the election of Saul by lot to be king, and of his being declared such, 1Sa 10:17-25, and of his return to his city, being respected by some, and despised by others, 1Sa 10:26,27.

Cross References 17

  • 1. ver. 10
  • 2. 1 Samuel 13:3, 4
  • 3. [1 Samuel 9:12]
  • 4. ver. 10; 1 Samuel 11:6; 1 Samuel 16:13; [Numbers 11:25; Judges 3:10; Judges 14:6, 19]
  • 5. ver. 10; 1 Samuel 19:23, 24
  • 6. Exodus 4:8; Judges 6:17; Luke 2:12
  • 7. Joshua 1:5; Judges 6:12
  • 8. 1 Samuel 11:14, 15; 1 Samuel 13:4
  • 9. 1 Samuel 11:15
  • 10. 1 Samuel 13:8
  • 11. ver. 5
  • 12. [See ver. 6 above]
  • 13. 1 Samuel 19:24; [Matthew 13:54, 55; John 7:15]
  • 14. [Isaiah 54:13; John 6:45]
  • 15. [See ver. 11 above]
  • 16. 1 Samuel 14:50
  • 17. See 1 Samuel 9:4-6

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Gibeath-elohim means the hill of God
  • [b]. Gibeah means the hill
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