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**a vial** = flask. Not "the".
**Is it not . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-4 . Note the Jehovah relationship. Here is another *Homceoteleuton,* which is preserved in the Septuagint and Vulgate, "the LORD [and thou shalt rule among the people of Jehovah, and thou shalt save them out of the hand of their enemies, and this shall be a sign unto thee, that] the LORD hath, &c. The eye of some ancient scribe evidently went back to the latter of these two words "the LORD" and accidentally omitted the words between them.
**captain:** "a" captain; not "the".

**thou shalt find** . Three signs given (compare [Mark 14:3](../../../kjv/mark/14/3) ) to indicate the coming change.
**men.** Hebrew. *'enosh.* App-14 .
**Rachel's sepulchre** . Compare [Genesis 35:20](../../../kjv/genesis/35/20) .
**lo** . Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .

**plain** = oak, or terebinth; growing generally alone, becomes a conspicuous landmark.
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim* . App-4 .
**Beth-el** = House of God. Evidently a place of worship, in the absence of any "place", according to [Deuteronomy 12:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/5) , &c. Compare [Exodus 20:24](../../../kjv/exodus/20/24) .
**carrying** . Probably their firstfruits. Compare [2 Kings 4:42](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/42) .

**salute** . Hebrew ask after thy peace.

**the garrison** . So the Septuagint, Aramaean, and Syriac, but Hebrew text has plural
**a company of prophets** . The first occurrence of this expression. Probably a school established by Samuel (compare [Acts 3:24](../../../kjv/acts/3/24) ; [Acts 13:20](../../../kjv/acts/13/20) ). The head of such school called "father" (Compare [1 Samuel 10:12](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/12) ; [1 Samuel 19:20](../../../kjv/1-samuel/19/20) ), or "master" ([2 Kings 2:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/3) ), Such communities found later at Beth-el, Jericho, Gilgal ( 2Ki 2:3 , [2 Kings 2:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/5) ; [2 Kings 4:38](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/38) ); and probably here at Gibeah and Ramah (compare Naioth, [1 Samuel 19:18](../../../kjv/1-samuel/19/18) , [1 Samuel 19:20](../../../kjv/1-samuel/19/20) ).
**psaltery** = viol. A stringed instrument, same as lute. Compare [2 Samuel 6:5](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6/5) . [1 Kings 10:12](../../../kjv/1-kings/10/12) . [1 Chronicles 16:5](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/16/5) .[Isaiah 5:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/12) ; [Isaiah 5:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/14) . If. [Amos 5:23](../../../kjv/amos/5/23) ; [Amos 6:5](../../../kjv/amos/6/5) .
**tabret** = drum. Hebrew. *toph,* Compare 18. c. [2 Samuel 6:5](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6/5) .[Isaiah 5:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/12) ; [Isaiah 24:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/24/8) ; [Isaiah 30:32](../../../kjv/isaiah/30/32) .[Jeremiah 31:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/4) .[Ezekiel 28:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/28/13) . See note on "timbrel. "([Exodus 15:20](../../../kjv/exodus/15/20) ).
**pipe** = a plain reed, single or double, played like modern flute. Note plural in the Subscription of [Psalms 5](../../../kjv/psalms/5) *(Companion Bible).*
**prophesy.** Not necessarily "foretell", but speak in the name of the Lord.

**the spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 .
**man** . Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .

**occasion serve thee** = thy hand shall find.

**thou shalt go down** . This was the beginning of organised rising against the Philistines. All directed by God through Samuel; not by Saul.
**behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**offer** = offer up. App-43 .
**sacrifice** = slay. App-43 . Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* in [1 Samuel 10:8](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/8) . App-6 .
**a another** = different.

**What . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .

**of the same place** = from thence.
**Is Saul . . . ?** Origin of this *Parcemia.* App-6 .

**children** = sons.
**Thus saith the LORD** . This rehearsal is to show that they had sinned, although He was giving a king. Their sin was not in asking, but in forestalling Jehovah's already expressed purpose to give them a king (see [Deuteronomy 17:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/17/15) and compare [Genesis 49:10](../../../kjv/genesis/49/10) ).

**Nay** . Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, have this word in the text.
**before the LORD** = before Jehovah: i, e. in Mizpeh, [1 Samuel 10:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/17) .

**was taken** : i.e. by lot, by the Urim and Thummim. See note on [Exodus 28:30](../../../kjv/exodus/28/30) .

**and Saul** . Septuagint reads "and [when he had brought near the family of Matri man by man] Saul". Compare [Joshua 7:17](../../../kjv/joshua/7/17) .

**enquired** : i.e. by the High Priest. No priest mentioned between [1 Samuel 4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/4) and 1Sa 14, a period of forty years.
**man** . Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .

**See . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .
**God save the king** . Hebrew Let the king live. An idiom which includes the desire that he might have everything that makes life worth living, including also eternal life.

**wrote it in a book** . Hebrew the book: viz. the book kept before the Lord; even the scriptures of truth. See [Exodus 17:14](../../../kjv/exodus/17/14) and App-47 .

**touched-** moved.

**How . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .
**he held his peace** = he was as one that was deaf.

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