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Samuel said to all the people, "You see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?" All the people shouted, and said, [Long] live the king.
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God's Choice, People's Acclaim
Commentators explain that Samuel presents Saul as the one "whom Jehovah hath chosen," a choice confirmed by the sacred lot. The people's enthusiastic shout, "Long live the king!" serves as a public affirmation of God's selection. This moment shows divine sovereignty meeting with popular consent, officially inaugurating the monarchy.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Samuel said to all the people, see him whom the Lord has chosen For the choice be…
Presbyterian
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…
