1 Samuel 9:16-17

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.

1 Samuel 9:16-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 9

This chapter gives an account of Saul, the person the Lord had appointed to be king of Israel; it relates his descent, and describes his person, 1Sa 9:1,2 and how seeking his father's asses, which were lost, he providentially came to the place where Samuel dwelt, 1Sa 9:3-5 and being advised by his servant, and approving of his advice, he concluded to go to him, and inquire the way he should go, 1Sa 9:6-10 and being directed by some young maidens, they found him presently in the street going to a feast, 1Sa 9:11-14 and Samuel having some previous notice from the Lord of such a person's coming to him that day, when he met him invited him to dine with him, and obliged him to stay with him that day, 1Sa 9:15-19 satisfied him about his asses, and gave him a hint of the grandeur he was to be raised to, to which Saul made a modest reply, 1Sa 9:20,21 and Samuel treated him at the feast in a very respectable manner, 1Sa 9:22-24 and privately communed with him of things preparatory to what he was about to make known unto him, 1Sa 9:25-27.