1Sa 9:1-5 - Commentary

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Text -- 1 Samuel 9:1-5 (NET)

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Samuel Meets with Saul

9:1 There was a Benjaminite man named Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin. He was a prominent person. 9:2 He had a son named Saul, a handsome young man. There was no one among the Israelites more handsome than he was; he stood head and shoulders above all the people. 9:3 The donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, so Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants with you and go look for the donkeys.” 9:4 So Saul crossed through the hill country of Ephraim, passing through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. So they crossed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he crossed through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them. 9:5 When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come on, let’s head back before my father quits worrying about the donkeys and becomes anxious about us!”

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Abiel the grandfather of King Saul and Abner,a man who was one of David's military elite; an Arbathite

· Aphiah a man of Benjamin who was an ancestor of King Saul

· Becorath son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite; forefather of King Saul

· Benjamin the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

· Ephraim the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Kish the father of King Saul,son of Abiel of Benjamin; father of Saul,son of Jeiel of Benjamin; uncle of Kish the father of Saul,second son of Mahli (Merari Levi); recognized by King David as the only son through whom Mahli's clan was built,son of Abdi; one of the Levites of Merari that King Hezekiah assigned to supervise the cleansing of the temple,a man who was an ancestor of Mordecai; the father of Shimei

· Saul the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi

· Shaalim a region; the highlands of Ephraim

· Shalishah a highland region of Ephraim 20 km WSW of Shechem (OS)

· Zeror son of Becorath of Benjamin; ancestor of Saul

· Zuph son of Elkanah I (Kohath Levi); forefather of Samuel,a district of uncertain location

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NET Notes: 1Sa 9:3 The Syriac Peshitta includes the following words: “So Saul arose and went out. He took with him one of the boys and went out to look for his fat...

NET Notes: 1Sa 9:4 Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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