1 Samuel 10:18-19

18 And he said to the people of Israel, ¹“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you. ’

19 ²But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us. ’ Now therefore ³present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands. ”

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. 10:18 Judg. 6:8, 9; [ch. 12:8]
• 2. 10:19 ch. 8:7, 19; 12:12
• 3. 10:19 Josh. 24:1