1 Samuel 10:20 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 10:20

And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

KJV

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ASV

So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

WEB

Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.

YLT

And Samuel bringeth near the whole tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin is captured,

DBT

And Samuel caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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1 Samuel 14:41
Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
2 Samuel 3:19
And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
Jonah 1:7
And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Acts 1:24–26
And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
Joshua 7:16–18
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Benjamin - Which tribe was now preferred before Judah, because the kingdom was freely promised by God to Judah, and was to be given to him in love; but now the kingdom was in a manner forced from God, and given them in anger and therefore conferred upon an obscure tribe.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

As it was of the utmost importance that the appointment should be under the divine direction and control, the determination was made by the miraculous lot, tribes, families, and individuals being successively passed until Saul was found.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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