1 Samuel 9:16

9:16 “At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate ¹  him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”

1 Samuel 13:14

13:14 But now your kingdom will not continue! The Lord has sought out ²  for himself a man who is loyal to him ³  and the Lord has appointed ⁴  him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the Lord commanded you.”

1 Samuel 13:2

13:2 Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; ⁵  the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. ⁶  He sent all the rest of the people back home. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 20:5

20:5 David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal. ⁸  You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now.

Isaiah 55:4

55:4 Look, I made him a witness to nations, ⁹ 

a ruler and commander of nations.”

Hebrews 2:10

2:10 For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, ¹⁰  in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer ¹¹  of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

¹ tn Heb “anoint.”

² tn This verb form, as well as the one that follows (“appointed”), indicates completed action from the standpoint of the speaker. This does not necessarily mean that the Lord had already conducted his search and made his choice, however. The forms may be used for rhetorical effect to emphasize the certainty of the action. The divine search for a new king is as good as done, emphasizing that the days of Saul’s dynasty are numbered.

³ tn Heb “according to his heart.” The idiomatic expression means to be like-minded with another, as its use in 1 Sam 14:7 indicates.

⁴ tn Heb “commanded.”

⁵ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁶ tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “each one to his tents.”

⁸ tn Heb “and I must surely sit with the king to eat.” The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

⁹ sn Ideally the Davidic king was to testify to the nations of God’s greatness (cf. Pss 18:50 HT [18:49 ET]; 22:28 HT [22:27 ET]). See J. H. Eaton, Kingship in the Psalms (SBT), 182-84.

¹⁰ tn Grk “for whom are all things and through whom are all things.”

¹¹ sn The Greek word translated pioneer is used of a “prince” or leader, the representative head of a family. It also carries nuances of “trailblazer,” one who breaks through to new ground for those who follow him. It is used some thirty-five times in the Greek OT and four times in the NT, always of Christ (Acts 3:15; 5:31; Heb 2:10; 12:2).