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A Sign of Divine Detail
Commentators emphasize the incredible specificity of Samuel's prophecy: three men, with three kids, three loaves, and a bottle of wine, at a specific oak tree. This wasn't a vague prediction but a detailed, miraculous sign to assure Saul that God had truly chosen him and that Samuel was His authentic prophet.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 10:3
18th Century
Theologian
The plain of Tabor — This should be read as “the oak or terebinth of Tabor” (Judges 4:11). It has been ingeniously conjectured t…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 10:3
19th Century
Bishop
Thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor. —The accurate translation of the Hebrew is “to the terebinth or oak of Tabor.” The…
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Samuel 10:2–3
19th Century
Preacher
And they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth…
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John Gill
On 1 Samuel 10:3
17th Century
Pastor
Then shall you go on forward from there
From Zelzah and Rachel's sepulchre there:
and you shall c…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 10:1–8
17th Century
Minister
The sacred anointing, then used, pointed to the great Messiah, or Anointed One, the King of the church, and High Priest of our profession, who was …