This passage describes Saul’s private anointing to be king.
10:20-24 describes his public identification by lot as the man of God’s choice. 11:14, 15 describes his public enthronement.
- 9:1-14. What encouragement can we take from the fact that the free movements of young men and girls, of donkeys and God’s prophet, are overruled here to bring about God’s purposes?
- What three confirmatory signs were given to Saul?
How would they give him assurance that Samuel’s words in 10:1 were indeed true?
How would this section also show that when God calls, he equips?
Notes
- 10:3, 4. It remarkable that the men should give Saul part of the offering that they probably intended to sacrifice at the sanctuary.
- 10:8. Cf. 13:8-14. The event of 11:14, 15 is an interlude and not the visit to Gilgal referred to in 10:8.