i i. e. Theſe things ſhal never be, theſe are but vain Suppoſitions to :fiight us from our purpoſe. Thus they are not aſhamed to give Samuel the lye, of whoſe Modeſty, Integrity, and Prophetical Spirir, they had ſo great aſſurance, as if he had feigned thole prerences meerly to keep the Power in his own and his Sons hands, k& We will izave a King wharfoever it coſt us, although all thy predi&ions ſhould be verihed.
20 That we alſo may be like all che nations 7, and
+ In times that our king may judge us F and go out before us t,
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+ Heb:
Eunuchss
ef peace» and fight our batrels. |
T Viz.in 1 Woful ſtupidity ! Whereas it was their Glory and Happineſs zimes of that they were un'ike all other Nations, Nums; 237 9. Deut: 33: 38, War, 45 as in other glorious priviledges, ſo eſpecialy in this, That the Lord _ _ I S2* yas their only and immediate King and Lawgiver.
21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearſed them in the ears of the LORD z.
- He repeated them privately between God and himſelf; partly, for his own Vindication and Comfort: and partly, as a Founda- tion for his prayers to God, for direCtion and aſſiſtance in this diffi. cult caſe. :
22 And the LORD faid to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king- And Samuel ſaid unto the men of Iſrael, Go ye every man into his ci- oy 7.
# Betake your ſelves ro your ſeveral occaſions, till you hear more from me in this Matter. For God hath keard your words, and will give way to your Irregular and Obſtinate deſire; and ac- cording)y I will wait upon God for the derermination of the Per- ſon, which he hath wholly reſerved to himſelf, as for Judges, ſo
for the King alſo,Dewt; 17: 15 and for the Regulation of all the Cir- cumſtances- |
CH AP. IX. | The Genealogy of Kiſh. 1. Saul's Perſon. 2. He is ſent to ſeek his Far ther's Aſſes. 3- He Travels through the Countrey, and finas them not, Ss, By the Counſel of his ſarvant, 6 70. ud the otho reion of young Maidens, 11 =——=14« According to God's Revelation, 15 ==_ 17. He cometh io Samuel, who meets him; Entertains:h
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BH | Chap. IX him at the Feaſt : Telltth him the Aſ.s were found, and he ſpould be King, 18-20. Saul's Amazement, 21. Samuel gives him the highs eft place: And a peculiar Diſh : Eats with him, 22 =--=24. Affter ſecret Communicaticn leadeth him on the way ? The [ervant goes before 3 S aul fiands ſtill with Samuel, 2 5 nma=— 7, Ow there. was a man of Benjamin, whoſe name _
Was * Kiſh a, the ſon of Abiel, the ſon of Ze-+ Ch.14:5 ror, the ſon of Bechorath, the ſon of Aphiah, a [| Bens x Chron. jamite b, a mighty man of || power c. _ + FED
'# Obje#, His Name was Ner, 1 Chron. 8: 33. and 9: 39. Anſw-+ || Or, the Either his Father had rwo Names, as was uſual among the Hebrews: J of s or Kiſh was really his Father that begot him ; and Ner, the Brother 29” of of Kiſh, 1 Sami. 14:51. 1 Chrom 93 36. is called his Father, becauſe *®MIN- , upon the Death of Kiſh, he took the care of his Education, and ", >”: Juba brought him up as his own ſon. b Heb: The ſon of # man of Jemini; funcee lo Eg Either of Benjamin : or of a Place, or of a Man called Jemini.
c 1. & A man of great courage-and ſtrength ; which tends ro Saul's
commendation: Otherwiſe, a Man of great wealth. Burt that ſeems
confured by Saul's words below, v. 21. and the Peoples contempt
of him, Chaps 10: 27. 2 And he had a ſon whoſe name was Saul, þ a choice Bt:
young man, and a goodly &d : and there was not a man
of the children of Iſrael a goodlier perſon than he':
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choice ant goodly-
from his aoulders and upwaid, he was higher than any Gr. 5 men of the people e. | | | h rain a Heb: good, i. e. comely and perſonable, as that word is vhs OE it
Gen: 6: 2, as evil is put for deformed, Gen: 41:19, e A tall ſtature
was much valued in a King in ancient times, and in the Eaſtern |
Countries. | i 3 And the aſſes of Kiſh, Saul's father, were loſt: NE
and Kiſh ſaid to Saul his Son, T ake now one of the ſer- "by.
vants with thee, and ariſe, go ſeek the afles f. h f Which were there of great price and uſe, Judges 10: 4+ and 12: 14. becauſe of the ſcarcity of Horſes, Deur: 14: 16. and therefore nor held unworthy of Saul's ſeeking, ar leaſt in thoſe ancient times, when ſimplicity, Humilicy, and Induſtry, were in faſhion among perſons of Quality. t: 4 And he paſſed through mount Ephraim g, 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 pou through the
land + of the Benjamites, but they found rhems nor. 5,
Z A part of the Tribe of Ephraim, which bordered upon Benjamin; t Heb. and therefore they could ſoon paſs out of the one into the other, 09% and back again, as they ſaw cauſe.
5 4nd when they were come to the land of Zuph 5, Saul ſaid ro his ſervant that was with him, Come, and let us return, leſt my father leave caring for the aſles, and take thought for us.
b In which was Ramah, called alſo Rarah or Ramathaim Sophim, the place of Samuel's Birth and Habitation, x1 Sam: 1: 1: and 7:
To ;
6 And he ſaid unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God 3, and he 5s an honourable man [.”. : all chat he ſaith, cometh ſurely to paſs &: now let us go thither ; peradventure he can ſhew us our way that we ſhould go 5. | # A Prophet as that praſe is uſed, 1 Sam: 2: 27. Joſh: 1426. Tuag:
13: 6. +*. One of great Reputation for his skill and Faithfulneſs. k His Declaration of things ſecrer or future,are always certain and confirmed by the Event. / The Courſe we ſhauld take to find the AC ſes. He faith, peradventure, becauſe he doubred whether fo great a propbet would ſeek, or God would grant him a Revelation concers- ning ſuch mean matters : Although ſomerimes God was pleaſed herein to condeſcend ro his people, to-curt off all pretence or occa- ſioa of ſeeking to witches or heatheniſh divinations. See 1 Kings 1412, 2 Kingf 1:3.
7 Then faid Saul to his ſervant, But behold, if we ..._ . go, what ſhal we bring the man? for the bread Þ is f Heb is {pent in our veſſels m,and there x not a preſent to bring out of
C.
to che man of God » : What + have we ? + Heb: is