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1 Samuel 10:17
17Samuel sent a message to all Israel's people. He told them to come to Mizpah to meet with the Lord.
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
15Saul's uncle said, ‘What did Samuel say to you?’ 16Saul replied, ‘He told us that someone had found the donkeys.’ But Saul did not tell his uncle that Samuel had said that he would become the king. Samuel sent a message to all Israel's people. He told them to come to Mizpah to meet with the Lord. 18He said to them, ‘This is a message from the Lord, Israel's God: “I led you Israelites out from Egypt. I saved you from the power of the Egyptians. I also saved you from other kingdoms that were cruel to you. 19I am the one who saves you from all your pain and troubles. But now you have turned against me, your God. You have said, ‘No! We want a king to rule over us instead.’ So now come and stand in front of the Lord. Stand together in your tribes and in your clans.” ’
Read all of 1 Samuel 101 Samuel 10:17 word by word
וַיַּצְעֵ֤ק שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Samuel 10:17
- 1 Samuel 7:5Then Samuel told all the Israelites, ‘Meet together at Mizpah. I will pray to the Lord for you there.’
- Judges 20:1Then all the Israelites agreed to come together. They came from everywhere in Israel, from Dan in the north as far as Beersheba in the south. They also came from the Gilead region on the east side of the Jordan River. They all came together at Mizpah, to meet with the Lord.
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
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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
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