1 Samuel 19:24 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 19:24

Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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ASV

And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

KJV

And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

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Commentary

5 voices

Gregory of Nyssa

AGAINST EUNOMIUS 3.4 (395)

For, by the arguments wherewith he [Eunomius] endeavours to destroy the truth, he is often himself unwittingly drawn into an advocacy of the very doctrines against which he is contending: Some such thing the history tells us concerning Saul, that once, when moved with wrath against the prophets, he was overcome by grace, and was found as one of the inspired, (the Spirit of prophecy willing, as I suppose, to instruct the apostate by means of himself,) whence the surprising nature of the event became a proverb in his after life, as the history records such an expression by way of wonder, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 28.175-76 (253)

Now, it seems to me that fortuitous circumstance also is sometimes the cause of prophesying, as is true in the present case of Caiaphas. He was high priest of that year [in which] Jesus was to die for the people that the whole nation might not perish. For although others were high priests … no one prophesies except the high priest of the year in which Jesus was to suffer.And it was fortuitous circumstance that caused the messengers of Saul to prophesy when they were sent to David, along with Saul himself.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And he stripped off his clothes also,.... Not all his clothes, but his upper garments, as men in such circumstances used to do, as the prophets sometimes did, and as it seems his messengers had done; according to Jarchi, R.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Lay down - Hebrew. fell, down upon the earth; for his mind being in an extasy, he had not the use of his senses. God so ordering it, that David might have an opportunity to escape. Naked - That is, stript of his upper garments, as the word naked is often used; and it is here repeated to signify how long he lay in that posture.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He stripped off his clothes - Threw off his royal robes or military dress, retaining only his tunic; and continued so all that day and all that night, uniting with the sons of the prophets in prayers, singing praises, and other religious exercises, which were unusual to kings and warriors; and this gave rise to the saying, Is Saul also among the prophets? By bringing both him and his men thus under a Divine influence, God prevented them from injuring the person of David.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּפְשַׁ֨ט	vai.yif.Shat	and he stripped off	H6584 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
ה֜וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
בְּגָדָ֗יו	be.ga.Dav	clothes his	H899 →
וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֤א	vai.yit.na.Be'	and he prophesied	H5012 →
גַם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
הוּא֙	hu'	he	H1931 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
וַיִּפֹּ֣ל	vai.yi.Pol	and he fell down	H5307 →
עָרֹ֔ם	'a.Rom	naked	H6174 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַיּ֥וֹם	hai.Yom	the day	H3117 →
הַה֖וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
הַלָּ֑יְלָה	ha.La.ye.lah	the night	H3915 →
עַל־	'al-	there-	H5921 →
כֵּן֙	ken	-fore	H3651 →
יֹֽאמְר֔וּ	yo.me.Ru	people say	H559 →
הֲגַ֥ם	ha.Gam	¿ also	H1571 →
שָׁא֖וּל	sha.'Ul	[is] Saul	H7586 →
בַּנְּבִיאִֽם׃ פ	ba.ne.vi.'Im	among the prophets	H5030 →

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

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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
2 Samuel 6:20
As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:16
  As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him…
- 2 Samuel 6:14
  And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,
- Judges 9:4
  So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
Through
Numbers 24:4
the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
leads to
- Revelation 1:17
  When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
Through
Isaiah 20:2
the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
leads to
- Matthew 3:4
  John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
- Micah 1:8
  Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.
- Ezekiel 24:17
  Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
- Zechariah 13:4
  And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Samuel