1 Samuel 10:17

1 Samuel 10:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpeh;
• New International Version (NIV)Samuel summoned the people of Israel to the Lord at Mizpah
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah,

Context of 1 Samuel 10:17

15“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?” 16Saul told him, “He assured us the donkeys had been found.” However, Saul did not tell him what Samuel had said about the matter of kingship. Samuel summoned the people to the Lord at Mizpah 18and said to the Israelites, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the power of the Egyptians and all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’ 19But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to him, ‘You must set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.”

1 Samuel 10:17 word by word

וַיַּצְעֵ֤ק שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemû'êl · SamuelH8050
• calledצָעַקtsâ‛aq · to cryH6817
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• together unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• to Mizpehמִצְפָּהmitspâh · MizpahH4709

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 10:17

• 1 Samuel 7:5Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf.”
• Judges 20:1All the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the community assembled as one body before the Lord at Mizpah.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 10:17

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-27Verses 17-27 Samuel tells the people, Ye have this day rejected your God. So little fond was Saul now of that power, which soon after, when he possessed it, he could not think of parting with, that he hid himself. It is good to be conscious of our unworthiness and insufficiency for the services to which we are called; but men should not go into the contrary extreme, by refusing the employments to which the Lord and the church call them. The greater part…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17An earlier generation had gathered at Mizpah to nearly destroy the tribe of Benjamin (Judges 20:1–4). This made Mizpah an ironic place to begin the reign of a king from the tribe of Benjamin.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2517-25. Samuel called the people together ... at Mizpeh--a shaft-like hill near Hebron, five hundred feet in height. The national assemblies of the Israelites were held there. A day having been appointed for the election of a king, Samuel, after having charged the people with a rejection of God's institution and a superseding of it by one of their own, proceeded to the nomination of the new monarch. As it was of the utmost importance that the appointment…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 10:17

• Mizpah

In the dictionaries

• Samuel
• Adversity
• Congregation
• Samuel, Books of
• Saul
• Vial
• Holy Spirit
• Intercession
• Israel, History of
• Judges, Period of

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings