Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
Kish
1 Samuel 14:51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was …
1 Chronicles 8:30-33 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab…
1 Chronicles 9:36-39 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab…
Acts 13:21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave to them Saul the …
Cis
a Benjamite. or, the son of a man of Jeminin
power. or, substance
1 Samuel 25:2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and …
2 Samuel 19:32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and …
Job 1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, …
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
Zuph
1 Samuel 1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, …
take thought
1 Samuel 10:2 When you are departed from me to day, then you shall find two men …
Matthew 6:25,28,34 Therefore I say to you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall …
Luke 12:11,22 And when they bring you to the synagogues, and to magistrates, and …
And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.
city
1 Samuel 2:27 And there came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus said the …
Deuteronomy 33:1 And this is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed …
1 Kings 13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of …
2 Kings 6:6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. …
1 Timothy 6:11 But you, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, …
an honourable
1 Thessalonians 2:10 You are witnesses, and God also, how piously and justly and blamelessly …
1 Thessalonians 5:13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And …
all that he saith
1 Samuel 3:19,20 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his …
Isaiah 44:26 That confirms the word of his servant, and performes the counsel …
Zechariah 1:5,6 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever…
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
what shall
Judges 6:18 Depart not hence, I pray you, until I come to you, and bring forth …
Judges 13:15-17 And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, I pray you, let us detain …
1 Kings 14:3 And take with you ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, …
2 Kings 4:42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God …
2 Kings 5:5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter to …
2 Kings 8:8 And the king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand, and go, …
spent in [heb] gone out of, etc.
there is not We are not to suppose from this that the prophets took money to predict future events: Saul only refers to an invariable custom, that no man approached a superior without some present or another, however small in value. Dr. Pococle tells us of a present of fifty radishes! Other authors mention a flower, an orange, or similar trifles; and Mr., Bruce says, that one who wished to solicit a favour from him, presented him with a about a score of dates! `I mention this trifling circumstance,' say Mr. B. `to shew how essential to human and civil intercourse presents are considered to be in the East; whether it be dates, or whether it be diamonds, they are so much a part of their manners, that without them, an inferior will never be at peace in his own mind, or thing that he has hold of his superior for protection. But superiors give no presents to their inferiors.' Presents then are tokens of honour; not intended as offers of payment or enrichment.
have we [heb] is with us.
And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
I have here at hand. [heb] there is found in my hand.
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
enquire
Genesis 25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If …
Judges 1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children …
a Seer
2 Samuel 24:11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to …
2 Kings 17:13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all …
1 Chronicles 26:28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner …
1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are …
2 Chronicles 16:7,10 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said …
Isaiah 29:10 For the LORD has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and …
Isaiah 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not …
Amos 7:12 Also Amaziah said to Amos, O you seer, go, flee you away into the …
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
sacrifice. or, feast
1 Samuel 16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. …
Genesis 31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice on the mount, and called his brothers …
Deuteronomy 12:6,7 And thither you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, …
1 Corinthians 5:7,8 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as …
the high place
1 Kings 3:2-4 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house …
1 Chronicles 16:39 And Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before the tabernacle …
As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
he doth bless
Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke …
Mark 6:41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked …
Luke 24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, …
John 6:11,23 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed …
1 Corinthians 10:30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that …
1 Timothy 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if …
this time [heb] to-day
And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
the Lord
1 Samuel 9:17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, Behold the man whom …
1 Samuel 15:1 Samuel also said to Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint you to be king …
Psalm 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show …
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he reveals his secret to …
Mark 11:2-4 And said to them, Go your way into the village over against you: …
Mark 14:13-16 And he sends forth two of his disciples, and said to them, Go you …
Acts 13:21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave to them Saul the …
Acts 27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
told Samuel in his ear. [heb] revealed the ear of Samuel
1 Samuel 20:2 And he said to him, God forbid; you shall not die: behold, my father …
2 Samuel 7:27 For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, …
Job 33:16 Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
thou shalt
1 Samuel 10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed …
1 Samuel 15:1 Samuel also said to Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint you to be king …
1 Samuel 16:3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall …
1 Kings 19:15,16 And the LORD said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness …
2 Kings 9:3-6 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus …
looked upon
Exodus 2:23-25 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: …
Exodus 3:7-9 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people …
Psalm 25:18 Look on my affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Psalm 106:44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.
Behold
1 Samuel 16:6-12 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, …
Hosea 13:11 I gave you a king in my anger, and took him away in my wrath.
reign over [heb] restrain in
1 Samuel 3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the …
2 Samuel 23:6,7 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, …
Nehemiah 13:19,25 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be …
Acts 13:21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave to them Saul the …
Romans 13:3,4 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Will …
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.
the seer The word roaih literally signifies one who sees; particularly preternatural sights. a seer and a prophet were the same in most cases; only with this difference, the seer was always a prophet, but the prophet was not always a seer. A seer seems to imply one who frequently met with and saw some symbolical representation of God. All prophets, true or false, profess to see God (see
Numbers 24:4,16 He has said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of …
Numbers 14:4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return …
and will tell
John 4:29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not …
1 Corinthians 14:25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling …
And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?
three days ago. [heb] to-day three days
1 Samuel 9:3 And the donkeys of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to …
set not
1 Samuel 4:20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said …
1 Chronicles 29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, …
Psalm 62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches …
Colossians 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
on whom
1 Samuel 8:5,19 And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons walk not in your …
1 Samuel 12:13,15 Now therefore behold the king whom you have chosen, and whom you …
And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
a Benjamite
Judges 20:46-48 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five …
Psalm 68:27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and …
my family
1 Samuel 10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And …
1 Samuel 15:17 And Samuel said, When you were little in your own sight, were you …
1 Samuel 18:18,23 And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's …
Judges 6:14,15 And the LORD looked on him, and said, Go in this your might, and …
Hosea 13:1 When Ephraim spoke trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when …
Luke 14:11 For whoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself …
Ephesians 3:8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given…
so to me [heb] according to his word.
And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.
And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
the shoulder Probably the shoulder was set before Saul, not because it was the best part, but because it was an emblem of the government to which he was now called (See is
1 Samuel 9:6 And he said to him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, …
Leviticus 7:32,33 And the right shoulder shall you give to the priest for an heave …
Ezekiel 24:4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, …
left. or, reserved
And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
And when
1 Samuel 9:13 As soon as you be come into the city, you shall straightway find …
the top
Deuteronomy 22:8 When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for …
2 Samuel 11:2 And it came to pass in an evening, that David arose from off his …
Nehemiah 8:16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, …
Jeremiah 19:13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, …
Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak you in light: and what you …
Acts 10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew near to the …
And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
Samuel Saul had no doubt slept there all night, as is usual in the East; and now, being the break of day, `Samuel called to Saul on the top of the house:' there was no calling him to the top of the house a second time; he was sleeping there, and Samuel called him up.
Up
Genesis 19:14 And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons in law, which married his …
Genesis 44:4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph …
Joshua 7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to …
Judges 19:28 And he said to her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. …
And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.
Bid the servant
1 Samuel 20:38,39 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And …
John 15:14,15 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you…
a while [heb] to-day
that I may
1 Samuel 15:16 Then Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what the LORD …
2 Kings 9:5,6 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; …
