1 Samuel 10:19 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | RSV

But you have this day rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said, `No! but set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your thousands."

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

For the use of “thousand” as equivalent to “family,” see 1 Samuel 23:23 and the marginal note on Judges 6:15. In Numbers 1:16, it may m…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And you have this day rejected your God
As their king, by desiring another to be set over them;

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Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Samuel tells the people, You have this day rejected your God. Saul now had so little fondness for that power—which, soon after he possesse…

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