Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
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Gill's Exposition
Then Samuel took a vial of oil,.... Out of his pocket very probably, which he brought along with him on purpose for the use he made of it: this, as the Jews (y) say, was not the anointing oil that was…
Barnes' Notes
Is it not because ... - Samuel answers Saul’s tacit or expressed wonder, by telling him why he did as he did. (Compare 1Sa 9:21.)
Adam Clarke
Took a vial of oil - The reasons of this rite the reader will find largely stated in the note on Exo 29:7. The anointing mentioned here took place in the open field. See the preceding chapter, Sa1…
Samuel is here executing the office of a prophet, giving Saul full assurance from God that he should be king, as he was afterwards, according to these prophecies which went before of him.
I. He…
Cambridge Bible
1Sa 10:1. a vial of oil Rather, " the vial of oil." The word rendered vial(i.e. phial or flask) occurs again only in the account of the coronation of Jehu, in 2Ki 9:1; 2Ki 9:3 (E. V. box). The…
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