Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
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Gill's Exposition
And they ran and fetched him thence,.... Being in haste to see their king elect, and proclaim him:
and when he stood among the people; being brought among them, and presented to them:
he was…
Barnes' Notes
Among the stuff - Rather, “the baggage.” The assembly was like a camp, and the baggage (impedimenta) of the whole congregation was probably collected in one place, where the wagons were arranged for…
Adam Clarke
The Lord answered - What a continual access to God! and what condescension in his attention to all their requests!
The stuff among which he had secreted himself may mean the carts, baggage, etc.,…
Saul's nomination to the throne is here made public, in a general assembly of the elders of Israel, the representatives of their respective tribes at Mizpeh. It is probable that this convention of the…
Cambridge Bible
they inquired of theLord further The technical phrase for ascertaining God's will by means of the Urim and Thummim in the breastplate upon the High-priest's Ephod (Exo 28:30; Num 27:21). See on 1Sa…
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