1 Samuel 10:1-8

1 Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over his inheritance?^[a]

2 When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb, at Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you set out to look for have been found. And now your father has stopped thinking about them and is worried about you. He is asking, “What shall I do about my son?” ’

3 “Then you will go on from there until you reach the great tree of Tabor. Three men going up to worship God at Bethel will meet you there. One will be carrying three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine.

4 They will greet you and offer you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from them.

5 “After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying.

6 The Spirit of the LORD will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person.

7 Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you.

8 “Go down ahead of me to Gilgal. I will surely come down to you to sacrifice burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, but you must wait seven days until I come to you and tell you what you are to do.”

1 Samuel 10:1-8 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. 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 16:13; 2Ki 9:1,3,6
• 2. S Exodus 29:7; S 1 Samuel 9:16; S 1 Kings 1:39; Psalms 2:12
• 3. S Exodus 34:9; Deuteronomy 32:9; 2 Samuel 20:19; Psalms 78:62,71
• 4. Genesis 35:20
• 5. 1 Samuel 9:4
• 6. 1 Samuel 9:5
• 7. S Genesis 28:22; Genesis 35:7-8
• 8. ver 27; 1 Samuel 16:20; Proverbs 18:16
• 9. ver 26; 1 Samuel 11:4; 1 Samuel 15:34
• 10. 1 Samuel 13:3
• 11. S Numbers 11:29; 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3,15; 2 Kings 4:1; 2 Kings 6:1; 2 Kings 9:1; Amos 7:14
• 12. S Leviticus 26:30; 1 Samuel 9:12
• 13. S Genesis 31:27; Jeremiah 31:4
• 14. 1 Kings 1:40; Isaiah 30:29
• 15. 1 Samuel 16:16; 1 Samuel 18:10; 1 Samuel 19:9; 2 Kings 3:15; Psalms 92:3
• 16. ver 10; 1 Samuel 19:20; 1 Chronicles 25:1; 1 Corinthians 14:1
• 17. ver 10; S Numbers 11:25; 1 Samuel 19:23-24
• 18. ver 9
• 19. 2 Samuel 7:3; 1 Kings 8:17; 1 Chronicles 22:7; 1 Chronicles 28:2; 2 Chronicles 6:7; Ecclesiastes 9:10
• 20. Judges 9:33
• 21. S Joshua 1:5; Judges 6:12; Luke 1:28; Hebrews 13:5
• 22. Joshua 4:20; S Joshua 10:43; 1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 11:14-15
• 23. 1 Samuel 13:8

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate "over his people Israel? You will reign over the " Lord"’s people and save them from the power of their enemies round about. And this will be a sign to you that the " Lord"has anointed you ruler over his inheritance:"