1 Samuel 9:17

And when Samuel saw Saul,.... Who could not but take notice of him for his height, and which might give him a suspicion he was the man the Lord had spoken of to him; and the rather, because this was…

Behold the man whom I spake to thee of - What an intimate communion must Samuel have held with his God! A constant familiarity seems to have existed between them.

Here, I. Saul, by an ordinary enquiry, is directed to Samuel, Sa1 9:11-14. Gibeah of Saul was not twenty miles from Ramah where Samuel dwelt, and was near to Mizpeh where he often judged Israel, and…

the Lord said unto him Lit. Jehovah answered him; answered his mental question. Is this the man? 1Sa 9:9 is in close connexion with 1Sa 9:9; 1Sa 9:15-16 forming a parenthesis.

shall reign over my…