1 Samuel 10:16 And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spoke… 1. His piety appeareth (ver. 13) no sooner were his prophetic raptures over, but he resorts to the synagogue or place of Divine worship, with his fellow prophets, both to praise God for His Divine call to such an high advancement, and to pray unto Him for His protection and direction therein, etc. 2. His modesty in his taciturnity and reservedness towards his uncle, who being there present, and observing this unexpected alteration in his nephew, made him the more inquisitive about his journey, suspecting something extraordinary had happened to him that had caused this strange change. Saul answers his uncle that Samuel told him the asses were found, but not a word of his finding a kingdom (vers. 14, 15, 16). Josephus renders two very good reasons of Saul's silence in this business. (1) Lest if his uncle had believed it, Saul had then been matter of envy to his superior, seeing the nephew preferred before him. (2) If he had not believed it, then would he have jeered Saul for a proud, ambitious, and imperious fool I add. (3) Saul might be moved to silence in obedience to Samuel who had obliged him to secrecy (1 Samuel 9:25, 26, 27). (4) This was Saul's humble modesty, as was that afterward of hiding himself behind the stuff, when chosen king (ver. 22). (5) And it was certainly Saul's prudence to be silent in such a case and on good ground, not to divulge it before the due time. (C. Ness.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. |
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