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1 Samuel 9:17

Listen to 1 Samuel 9:17
17 Sobald nun Samuel Saul sah, antwortete ihm Jehova: Siehe da den Mann, von dem ich zu dir geredet habe; dieser soll über mein Volk herrschen.

1 Samuel 9:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 9:17

And when Samuel saw Saul
Who could not but take notice of him for his height, and which might give him a suspicion he was the man the Lord had spoken of to him; and the rather, because this was the exact time in which he was to be sent to him, and therefore he fixed his eyes upon him: and that he might be assured it was he, and be left at no uncertainty about it,

the Lord said unto him;
by a still small voice, or by an impulse upon his mind:

behold the man whom I spake to thee of;
yesterday, this is he:

this same shall reign over my people;
be their king, as they have desired: or "shall restrain" F11 them, keep them in due bounds, in the discharge of their duty to God and man; and keep them from doing that which is evil, or walking in evil ways, which is the business of a good king; or who shall restrain them from having their own will, but shall rule over them in an absolute manner, according to his own arbitrary will and pleasure.


FOOTNOTES:

F11 (ruey) "cohibebit", Montanus; "continebit", Tigurine version; "retinebit", Drusius; i.e. "coercebit", Piscator.
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1 Samuel 9:17 In-Context

15 Jehova hatte aber einen Tag, bevor Saul kam, dem Ohre Samuels eröffnet und gesagt:
16 Morgen um diese Zeit werde ich einen Mann aus dem Lande Benjamin zu dir senden, und du sollst ihn zum Fürsten salben über mein Volk Israel; und er wird mein Volk aus der Hand der Philister retten; denn ich habe mein Volk angesehen, denn sein Geschrei ist zu mir gekommen.
17 Sobald nun Samuel Saul sah, antwortete ihm Jehova: Siehe da den Mann, von dem ich zu dir geredet habe; dieser soll über mein Volk herrschen.
18 Und Saul trat im Tore zu Samuel heran und sprach: Zeige mir doch an, wo das Haus des Sehers ist.
19 Und Samuel antwortete Saul und sprach: Ich bin der Seher; gehe vor mir zur Höhe hinauf, denn ihr sollt heute mit mir essen, und am Morgen werde ich dich entlassen; und alles, was in deinem Herzen ist, werde ich dir kundtun.
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