1 Samuel 10:13
in 1 Samuel 10And when Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the high place.
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ASV
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
KJV
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 10
Commentary
6 notes on this verseHe came to the high place - I suppose this to mean the place where Saul’s father lived; as it is evident the next verse shows him to be at home.
This site's exposition
a group of prophets met him
on 1 Samuel 10:10-13
Onlookers ask, “Is Saul also among the prophets”, and a local man's reply, “And who is their father”, makes the question a proverb. The question returns at 19:24, when the Spirit drives him to strip, so the proverb brackets his reign between one meaning and its reversal.
This site's exposition
And when Saul had finished prophesying
Adam Clarke takes the high place here for the home of Saul's family, and the next verse finds Saul talking with his uncle. The sign has run its course.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
But he ceased to prophesy, etc. However, Jesus ceased to be considered a prophet, and began to be believed as Almighty God, of whom Isaiah to the pursuing peoples said: "Therefore desist from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he is considered on …
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistCommentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 5 · Written before 604.
proposed
29. He comes to a high place after the ministry of prophecy, who raises his mind to the heavenly joys which he preaches, and lifts himself up by loving those things which he displays by speaking. Teachers indeed preach plain things with those of lesser rank; when they are with those whom they teach, they are, as it were, on level ground. And because after the words of preaching they prepare themselves by good works to merit the things they preach, they are said to come to a high place.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And when he had made an end of prophesying,....
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְכַל֙ | vaykhal | and he finished | H3615 → | 208 times |
| מֵֽהִתְנַבּ֔וֹת | mehitnabot | from prophesying | H5012 → | 115 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֖א | vaiyavo' | and he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| הַבָּמָֽה׃ | habamah | the high place | H1116 → | 102 times |
וַיְכַל֙and he finished
vaykhalH3615 →208 times
מֵֽהִתְנַבּ֔וֹתfrom prophesying
mehitnabotH5012 →115 times
וַיָּבֹ֖אand he came
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
הַבָּמָֽה׃the high place
habamahH1116 →102 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 5; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.