1 Samuel 10:10

10 When Saul came to the hill, a group of prophets came to meet him, and God's Spirit came over him. He prophesied with them.

1 Samuel 10:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 10:10

When they came thither to the hill
Or, to Gibeah, as the Targum, and so Josephus ^F5:

behold, a company of prophets met him;
as foretold, ( 1 Samuel 10:5 ) ,

and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he prophesied among them;
the spirit of prophecy, as the Targum, and he sung praises among them; he joined with them in their psalmody, and performed it as regularly as if he had been brought up with them. The Jews say ^F6 he prophesied of the world to come, of Gog and Magog, and of the rewards of the righteous, and of the punishment of the wicked.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 6. c. 4. sect. 2.)
F6 Hieron. Trad. Heb. fol. 75. H.

1 Samuel 10:10 In-Context

8 Go ahead of me to Gilgal. Then I will come to sacrifice burnt offerings and make fellowship offerings. Wait seven days until I come to tell you what to do."

9 When Saul turned around to leave Samuel, God changed Saul's attitude. That day all these signs happened.

10 When Saul came to the hill, a group of prophets came to meet him, and God's Spirit came over him. He prophesied with them.

11 When all who had known him before saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people asked one another, "What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul one of the prophets?"

12 But a man from that place asked, "But who's the chief prophet?" So it became a proverb: "Is Saul one of the prophets?"