1 Samuel 10:11

11 When all the people who had known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they said to each other, "What's happened to Kish's son? Is Saul also one of the prophets?"

1 Samuel 10:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 10:11

And it came to pass, that when all that knew him before time,
&c.] As there must be many that personally knew him, and were acquainted with him, since Gibeah, the place he was near to, was his native place:

saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets;
or praised among them, as the Targum, sung psalms and hymns with them:

what is this that is come unto the son of Kish?
a rustic, a plebeian, that never was in the school of the prophets, or learned music, and yet is as dexterous at it as any of them:

is Saul also among the prophets?
an husbandman, an herdsman that looked after his father's farms, fields, and cattle, and now among the prophets of the Lord, bearing his part with them, and performing it as well as any of them: this was matter of wonder to those who knew his person, family, and education; and so it was equally matter of admiration that Saul the persecutor, one of the same tribe, should be among the preachers of the Gospel, ( Acts 9:20 Acts 9:21 ) .

1 Samuel 10:11 In-Context

9 And just as Saul turned to leave Samuel's side, God gave him a different heart, and all these signs happened that very same day.

10 When Saul and the boy got to Gibeah, there was a group of prophets coming to meet him. God's spirit came over Saul, and he was caught up in a prophetic frenzy right along with them.

11 When all the people who had known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they said to each other, "What's happened to Kish's son? Is Saul also one of the prophets?"

12 One of the locals then asked, "And who is their leader?" So it became a proverb: "Is Saul also one of the prophets?"

13 When the prophetic frenzy was over, Saul went home.