1 Samuel 10:8

And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal, for lo! I am coming down unto thee, to offer up ascending-offerings, to sacrifice peace-offerings,—seven days, shalt thou tarry, until I come unto thee, then will I let thee know what thou shalt do.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.

In Context

7And it shall be, when these signs shall come unto thee, then act thou for thyself, as thou shalt find occasion, for, God, is with thee.

9And so it was, that, when he turned away to depart from Samuel, God gave him another heart,—and all these signs came to pass that day.

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Cross References

Joshua 4:19So, the people, came up out of the Jordan, on the tenth of the first month,—and encamped in Gilgal, at the eastern end of Jericho.

1 Samuel 13:4And, all Israel, heard say—Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines, Moreover, also, Israel have made themselves odious among the Philistines,—so the people were called together to follow Saul, to Gilgal.

1 Samuel 15:33And Samuel said, As women have been made childless by thy sword, So, childless among women, shall be, thine own mother. And Samuel cut Agag asunder before Yahweh, in Gilgal.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 10:2-9

Saul Anointed by Samuel; Samuel's Address to Saul. ( b. c. 1070.) 1 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? 2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you,… Read the whole commentary →

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