1 Samuel 10:22
in 1 Samuel 10So again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
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ASV
Therefore they asked of Jehovah further, Is there yet a man to come hither? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.
KJV
Therefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Gregory the DialogistThe Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 1, Chapter 3 · Written before 604.
Commonly in the school of adversity the heart is subdued under discipline, while, on sudden attainment of supreme rule, it is forthwith changed and becomes elated through familiarity with glory. Thus Saul, who had before fled in consideration of his unworthiness, no sooner had assumed the government of the kingdom than he was puffed up; for, desirous of being honoured before the people while unwilling to be publicly blamed, he cut off from himself even him who had anointed him to the kingdom.
This site's exposition
the tribe of Benjamin was taken
on 1 Samuel 10:20-22
The lot narrows in three steps, tribe, then family, then man, and lands on Saul though God had already named him to Samuel privately at 9:15-17. The public casting of lots does not choose Saul; it discloses a choice already made, so that Israel receives by a method it trusts a king it did not otherwise select. When Saul cannot be found, the LORD is enquired of further and answers that he has hid himself among the stuff, the first time in these two books that anyone enquires of the LORD and receives a direct answer, a pattern that runs through both books until Saul's own last enquiry at 28:6 gets silence instead.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
The Lord answered - What a continual access to God! and what condescension in his attention to all their requests! The stuff among which he had secreted himself may mean the carts, baggage, etc., brought by the people to Mizpeh.
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3322: “Hiding Among the Stuff” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
on 1 Samuel 10:22-23
SAUL seems to have known that he was the elect person, having already been secretly anointed by Samuel and, therefore, while the voting was going on and while the lots were being cast, he hid himself. The Lord answered, "Behold, he has hid himself among the stuff. And they ran and fetched him from there." We hardly know why Saul did this.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־ | vaiyishalu- | and they enquired | H7592 → | 171 times |
| עוֹד֙ | ʾod | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| בַּֽיהוָ֔ה | bayahweh | by Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הֲבָ֥א | hava' | ¿ has he come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| ע֖וֹד | od | yet | H5750 → | 490 times |
| הֲלֹ֣ם | halom | here | H1988 → | 12 times |
| אִ֑ישׁ ס | ʾish | [the] man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הִנֵּה־ | hineh- | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| ה֥וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| נֶחְבָּ֖א | nechba' | [is] hiding himself | H2244 → | 33 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַכֵּלִֽים׃ | hakelim | the baggage<s> | H3627 → | 325 times |
וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־and they enquired
vaiyishalu-H7592 →171 times
עוֹד֙again
ʾodH5750 →490 times
בַּֽיהוָ֔הby Yahweh
bayahwehH3068 →6520 times
הֲבָ֥א¿ has he come
hava'H935 →2568 times
ע֖וֹדyet
odH5750 →490 times
הֲלֹ֣םhere
halomH1988 →12 times
אִ֑ישׁ ס[the] man
ʾishH376 →1663 times
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הִנֵּה־here!
hineh-H2009 →843 times
ה֥וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
נֶחְבָּ֖א[is] hiding himself
nechba'H2244 →33 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַכֵּלִֽים׃the baggage<s>
hakelimH3627 →325 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Judges 1:1After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
it leads to
- Numbers 27:21
He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 20:18
The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
- Judges 20:28
and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered,…
- Numbers 27:21
Through
Numbers 27:21He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will…
it leads to
- Exodus 28:30
And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 28:30
Through
1 Samuel 15:17And 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
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:1–3
Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
- 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…
- 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?
- 1 Samuel 15:1–3
Through
1 Samuel 9:21Saul 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…
it leads to
- 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
- 1 Samuel 15:17
About 1 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3322: “Hiding Among the Stuff” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Gregory the Dialogist, The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 1, Chapter 3; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel.