1 Samuel 15:17 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 15:17

And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel

BSB

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ASV

And Samuel said, Though thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel;

KJV

And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 2, Chapter 6 (604)

Thus Saul, after merit of humility, became swollen with pride, when in the height of power: for his humility he was preferred, for his pride rejected; as the Lord attests, Who says, "When thou wast little in thine own sight, did I not make thee the head of the tribes of Israel?" He had before seen himself little in his own eyes, but, when propped up by temporal power, he no longer saw himself little. For, preferring himself in comparison with others because he had more power than all, he esteemed himself great above all.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord--Saul was either blinded by a partial and delusive self-love, or he was, in his declaration to Samuel, acting the part of a bold and artful hypocrite. He professed to have fulfilled the divine command, and that the blame of any defects in the execution lay with the people.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
הֲל֗וֹא	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
אִם־	'im-	though	H518 →
קָטֹ֤ן	ka.Ton	[were] small	H6996 →
אַתָּה֙	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ	be.'ei.Nei.kha	in own eyes your	H5869 →
רֹ֛אשׁ	rosh	[the] head of	H7218 →
שִׁבְטֵ֥י	shiv.Tei	[the] tribes of	H7626 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אָ֑תָּה	'A.tah	[are] you	H859 →
וַיִּמְשָׁחֲךָ֧	vai.yim.sha.cha.Kha	and he anointed you	H4886 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לְמֶ֖לֶךְ	le.Me.lekh	to king	H4428 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Judges 6:15
“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 9:21
  Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ephesians 3:8
  Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 3:11
  But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
- Exodus 4:10
  “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
- Jeremiah 1:6
  “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
Through
1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:13
  So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and…
- Psalms 78:71
  from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
- 1 Samuel 9:16
  “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of…