1 Samuel 10:20
◄  1 Samuel 10:20  ►
New International Version (©2011)
When Samuel had all Israel come forward by tribes, the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel before the LORD, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen by lot.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Thus Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Samuel brought forward all the tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen.

NET Bible (©2006)
Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen by lot.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, the tribe of Benjamin was chosen.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

American King James Version
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

American Standard Version
So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Samuel brought to him all the tribes of Israel, and the lot fell on the tribe of Benjamin.

Darby Bible Translation
And Samuel caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

English Revised Version
So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

World English Bible
So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

Young's Literal Translation
And Samuel bringeth near the whole tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin is captured,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:17-27 Samuel tells the people, Ye have this day rejected your God. So little fond was Saul now of that power, which soon after, when he possessed it, he could not think of parting with, that he hid himself. It is good to be conscious of our unworthiness and insufficiency for the services to which we are called; but men should not go into the contrary extreme, by refusing the employments to which the Lord and the church call them. The greater part of the people treated the matter with indifference. Saul modestly went home to his own house, but was attended by a band of men whose hearts God disposed to support his authority. If the heart bend at any time the right way, it is because He has touched it. One touch is enough when it is Divine. Others despised him. Thus differently are men affected to our exalted Redeemer. There is a remnant who submit to him, and follow him wherever he goes; they are those whose hearts God has touched, whom he has made willing. But there are others who despise him, who ask, How shall this man save us? They are offended in him, and they will be punished.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when Samuel had caused all the tribes to come near,.... The heads and representatives of them, to the place where the lots were cast:

the tribe of Benjamin was taken; the lot fell upon that tribe for the choice of a king out of it; not the tribe of, Reuben, who was the firstborn, nor the tribe of Judah, to whom the kingdom was promised, but the tribe of Benjamin, the least of all the tribes, and which sprung from the youngest son of Jacob, contrary, as it were probable, to the expectation of all.

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Saul Proclaimed King
…19And you have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands. 20And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 21When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. …

1 Samuel 10:19 But you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, 'No, appoint a king over us.' So now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans."
1 Samuel 10:21 Then he brought forward the tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan, and Matri's clan was taken. Finally Saul son of Kish was taken. But when they looked for him, he was not to be found.
1 Samuel 14:38 Saul therefore said, "Come here, all you who are leaders of the army, and let us find out what sin has been committed today.
2 Samuel 3:19 Abner also spoke to the Benjamites in person. Then he went to Hebron to tell David everything that Israel and the whole tribe of Benjamin wanted to do.
Jonah 1:7 Then the sailors said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity." They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.