1 Samuel 10:24-25

24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” Then the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

25 Samuel explained to the people the rights and duties of kingship. He wrote them down on a scroll and deposited it before the LORD. Then Samuel dismissed the people to go to their own homes.

1 Samuel 10:24-25 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. Deuteronomy 17:15; 2 Samuel 21:6
• 2. 1 Samuel 9:2
• 3. 1Ki 1:25,34,39; 2 Kings 11:12
• 4. S 1 Samuel 8:9
• 5. S Deuteronomy 17:14-20; S 1 Samuel 8:11-18; 2 Kings 11:12
• 6. 1 Samuel 11:14