1 Samuel 10:16

16 Saul respondeu: “Ele nos garantiu que as jumentas tinham sido encontradas”. Todavia, Saul não contou ao tio o que Samuel tinha dito sobre o reino.

1 Samuel 10:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 10:16

And Saul said unto his uncle
In answer to his question:

he told us plainly the asses were found;
or "in telling told us" ^F8; not only plainly in so many words, but he affirmed it with the greatest certainty that the asses were found, and we need not give ourselves further trouble about them:

but of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told
him not;
he said not one word about that, which is commonly ascribed to his modesty; or he might conceal it, as Josephus ^F9 observes, because he thought it would not be believed by his relations, or might create in them envy to him; and besides, he knew it was the pleasure of Samuel that it should be kept a secret until the election by lot was over, lest it should be thought to proceed from Samuel himself; and Saul chose it should remain so, that it might not be thought to be of his own seeking; and by keeping it from his relations and friends, it would be a clear case that he did not make interest for it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (dygh dgh) "indicando indicavit", Pagninus, Montanus
F9 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 6. c. 4. scet. 3.)

1 Samuel 10:16 In-Context

14 Então o tio de Saul perguntou a ele e ao seu servo: “Aonde vocês foram?”Ele respondeu: “Procurar as jumentas. Quando, porém, vimos que não seriam encontradas, fomos falar com Samuel”.

15 “O que Samuel disse a vocês?”, perguntou o tio.

16 Saul respondeu: “Ele nos garantiu que as jumentas tinham sido encontradas”. Todavia, Saul não contou ao tio o que Samuel tinha dito sobre o reino.

17 Samuel convocou o povo de Israel ao SENHOR, em Mispá,

18 e disse a eles: “Assim diz o SENHOR, o Deus de Israel: ‘Eu tirei Israel do Egito e libertei vocês do poder do Egito e de todos os reinos que os oprimiam’.