1 Samuel 10:18-19

18 and said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the power of Egypt and all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’

19 But you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, ‘No, appoint a king over us.’ So now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”

1 Samuel 10:18-19 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

• 1. S Exodus 1:14; S Numbers 10:9; Judges 6:8-9
• 2. S Numbers 11:20; S Deuteronomy 33:5
• 3. Psalms 7:10; Psalms 18:48; Psalms 68:20; Psalms 145:19
• 4. S 1 Samuel 8:5-7; 1 Samuel 12:12
• 5. S Deuteronomy 17:14
• 6. Joshua 7:14; Joshua 24:1