»» This he faith, becauſe Bread was not unuſually given by way of Per gx. : preſent, as we ſee I Sam: 10: 3,4+ Or Bread is pur forall manner b ef Proviſions, as 1s frequent, and among theſe they might have ſome. thing not unfit, in theſe plain Times, to make a Preſent of, as Clu- ſters of Raiſins,or Cakes of Figs,ſuch as Abigail preſented ro David, x Sam: 25:18. Scealſe 1 Kings 14: 3..2 Kings 43 42. 3 Such Preſents were then made to the Prephets 1 Kings 14:2, 3. 2 Kings 4: 42. and 8: 8. cither as a Teſtimony of Reſpe& ro him as their Superiour ; upon which account Subje&ts made Preſents to their Kings, 1 Sam: 10. 27. And the Perſians never came to their King without ſome Gifr 3 or, as 2 grateful acknowledgement of his Þavour : or, for the ſupport of the Prophers themſelves : or, of the ſons ef the Pros. phets: or, of other perſons in want, known ro them.
8 And the ſervant anſwered Saul again, and faid, Behold, ÞF I have here at hand che fourth part of a ſhe- -- - kel of filver o, that will I giveto the man of God to tell + Heb- us our Way. ee LENS there is...
o Which was near a Groat. Which, though now it may ſeem FR or I. contemptible Gift, yet in thoſe ancient times it was certainly of far hand, more worth, and better accepted than now it would be, when the Covetouſnels, and Pride, and Luxury of men, hath raiſed their ex» peRations and deſires to far greater things.
9 ( Before time in Iſrael, when a man went to en- quire of God p, thus he ſpake, Come, and let us go to : che Seer: for be that x now called a Prophet, was before tune called a Seer q« ) | 2 U 2 p Or.
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no eng —_— neſs are the words, Either, F irſt, of ſome Jarer Sa- IT Wcieer, which, after Samuels death, inſerted this Verſe. Or,
Of Samuel, who, being probably 50 or 60 Years old
Secondly, Ot | : he it f things in at the Writing of this Book, and ſpeaking of = 125g —a Fg
ays, might well call it before-rz72e. ( > ns Sp Seger might be now ſtricken in Years, =_ mi gat ſpeak this either by his knowledge of what was 1 his ra = ) _ | or upon the Information of his Father or Anceſtors, : _ : _— we fir Argument to perſwade Saz/ to ,go to the wan 0 in ,t uy M might ſhew them cheir way, and where the Aſs were, _ Ang was likely to inform them ; for the Prophers were —__ » - $eers, becauſe they knew and could reveal hidden pgs S is meaning is, that anciently they were not vulgarly calle rop me but Seers only ; whereas now, and afrerwards, they were calle
Seers, yet they were more commonly called Prophets.
to Then ſaid Saul to his ſervant, F Well ſaid, come let us go: ſo they went unto the city, where the man
" Ty And as they wetit up Þ the hill to the city, they
found young maidens going out r to draw water, and
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id unto them, Is the Seer here : | —_ Our of the Ciry.and dowa to the bottom of the Hill, where the Fountain or River was- |
12 And they anſwered them, and ſaid, He is: be- hold. he is before you, make haſte now : for he came
ity /; f ; acri f the
o day to the city /; for there is a F facrifice z of t ſe « to day in the hign pace x. TS
| The ſo i} SETS h this was his own conſtant habitation,be-
cauſe he had. been travelling abroad, poſſibly in his Circuit, deſcri- bed 1 Sam: 72 16; 17. and was now returned to his own Houſe 1n Ramsh, as he uſcd to doy as ſo ſhe implies they come in a good and
> time to meet with him. EE Dd of a Sacrifice. Firſt, Becauſe ſo 'he Hebrew word Gonifies moſt properly, and moſt frequently. Sco::d'y, Becauſe this Eating was in the High place, which was tae common place for S:crifices, but not for private Feaſts. Thirdly, Tae Prophets pre- ſence was not ſo neceflary for a Feaſt, as tor a Sacrifice, « So this
acrifice is called, b<caulz this was a publick Solemnity, and p'{-
fibly the New Moon, when the People brought ſeveral Sacrifices ; x Sy Peace-offeringss whereof part fe)] to the Offerer's ſhare; and of theſe parts united together, they here mace a common Fealt : not without Samu-!'s direction, who being forewarned the day before by God, of Saul's coniing, male this F eaſt more ſolemn for bis entertainment, v- 22 23, 24. x Uponthe Hill mentiored, 9. +1, and near the Altar which Samue! built for this kind of uſe, 1 Sam 7: 17. by Divine Diipenſarion, as was there Noted. Other- wiſe to ſacrifice in High places was forbidden by the Law, after the builing of the Tabernacle, _ ; ;
T3 *Afioon as ye come into the city, ye ſhall ſtraight- way find him y before he go upto the high place.to eat z: for the peopie will nor eat until he come, becauſe he doth bleſs the ſacrifice a, and afterwards they eat that be bidden : Now therefore get ye up b, for about
1is time ye ſhall find him.»
i _ home ihe at leiſure. z The Relics of the Sacrifices, accor- ding ro the manner. #4 i. e. Either, Firit, The Meat left of the Sacrifice, which is the matter of the following Feaſt ; as this 1s commonly underſtood, Or rather, Secondly, The Sacriftce ic ſelf: For what reaſon is there to d-part from the proper ignification of the Word ? For that the Sacrifices under the Law were accompanied with Confeſſion, or Petition,or Thankſgiving,may be gathered from divers places of Scripture, as Levit: 53 5. and 16: 21. Numb: 5; 7. ' Luke 1: 10+ And who ſo proper to perform this work, as Samuel, an eminent Propet? And the Bleſiing of this Sacrifice ſcems to have conſiſted both of Thankſgiving, this being a Thank-Offering, aopd of prayer to Ged tor his acceptance, Pſal: 20: 3. 6 With ſpeed, leſt | le be fat down before you come. ;
14 And they went up into the city: nd when they
were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out
c againſt them, for to go up to the high place. 'c Out of his own Houſe, juſt as they paſſed by. I , 15 < * Now the LORD had j told Samuel in his
. car d, a day before Saul came e, ſaying,
+ Heb: wn- di. e. Secretly, e That he might prepare himſclf for Saul's Re-
ception. | : 16 To morrow about this time I will ſend thes a man f out of the land of Benjamin, and thou ſhale a- noint him to be captain over my people Iſrael, that he my fave my people our of the hand of the\Philiſtines g: for I have looked upon my people b, be] auſe their ; is COME unto me. | :