And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
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Gill's Exposition
And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed,.... He tarried to the seventh day, but not to the end of it, or towards the close of it, as he should have done:
but…
Barnes' Notes
Had appointed - This appointment has of course nothing whatever to do with that made years before 1Sa 10:8, the keeping of which is expressly mentioned at the natural time 1Sa 11:15. But Samuel had…
Adam Clarke
He tarried seven days according to the set time - Samuel in the beginning had told Saul to wait seven days, and he would come to him, and show him what to do, Sa1 10:8. What is here said cannot be…
Here is, I. Saul's offence in offering sacrifice before Samuel came. Samuel, when he anointed him, had ordered him to tarry for him seven days in Gilgal, promising that, at the end of those days, he…
Saul's disobedience and its penalty
8. the set time that Samuel had appointed It seems clear that the historian intends to refer to Samuel's injunction in 1Sa 10:8, although in all probability the…