1 Samuel 10:15

1 Samuel 10:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
• New International Version (NIV)Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me what Samuel said to you.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me, please, what Samuel said to you.”

Context of 1 Samuel 10:15

13And when he had ended prophesying, he came to the high place. 14And Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses; and when we saw that they were nowhere, we went to Samuel. And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said to you. 16And Saul said to his uncle, He told us for certain that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he told him not. 17And Samuel called the people together to Jehovah to Mizpah.

1 Samuel 10:15 word by word

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר דּ֣וֹד שָׁא֑וּל הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י מָֽה־אָמַ֥ר לָכֶ֖ם שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• uncleדּוֹדdôd dôd · beloved: male relativeH1730
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemû'êl · SamuelH8050

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 10:15

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 The signs Samuel had given Saul, came to pass punctually; he found that God had given him another heart, another disposition of mind. Yet let not an outward show of devotion, and a sudden change for the present, be too much relied on; Saul among the prophets was Saul still. His being anointed was kept private. He leaves it to God to carry on his own work by Samuel, and sits still, to see how the matter will fall.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-27Saul became powerful through three main events: Samuel secretly anointed him (1 Samuel 9:1–10:16). He was chosen by casting lots (1 Samuel 10:17–27). He defeated the Ammonites (1 Samuel 11:1–15). See also study note on 1 Samuel 13:1–16:13.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271Sa 10:1-27. Samuel Anoints Saul, and Confirms Him by the Prediction of Three Signs. 1. Then Samuel took a vial of oil--This was the ancient (Jud 9:8) ceremony of investiture with the royal office among the Hebrews and other Eastern nations. But there were two unctions to the kingly office; the one in private, by a prophet (1Sa 16:13), which was meant to be only a prophetic intimation of the person attaining that high dignity--the more public and formal…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Samuel
• Adversity
• Samuel, Books of
• Saul
• Vial
• Holy Spirit
• Judges, Period of
• King; Kingdom

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